Common mode rejection circuit

• US 8,773,211 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2011
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Roithmeier, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Ryan
• Application Number:
  US13/304,438
• Publication Number:
  US 20130135057A1
• Time in Patent Office: 956 Days
• Field of Search: 331/117.R, 331/117.FE, 331/36.R, 331/167, 331/175
• US Class Current: 331/117.FE
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 2200/0054 including measures to switch a filter, e.g. for frequency tuning or for harmonic selection
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 2201/035 the parameter being another frequency, e.g. a harmonic of the oscillating frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 2202/05 Reduction of undesired oscillations through filtering or through special resonator characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1215 the current source or degeneration circuit being in common to both transistors of the pair, e.g. a cross-coupled long-tailed pair
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1228 the amplifier comprising one or more field effect transistors
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/124 the means comprising a voltage dependent capacitance
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1265 switched capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1284 the parameter being another frequency, e.g. a harmonic of the oscillating frequency

Abstract

An electrical circuit includes a circuit element and a common mode rejection circuit element. The circuit element is configured to operate at a selected frequency within a variable frequency range and the common mode rejection circuit element is configured to reject a common mode current through the circuit element, wherein the common mode rejection circuit element is adjustable.

Claims

1. An electrical circuit comprising:

a circuit element configured to operate at a selected frequency within a variable frequency range that generates a common mode current for the selected frequency; and

a common mode rejection circuit element configured to reject the common mode current through the circuit element and the common mode rejection circuit element comprising;

a plurality of switchable inductors connected in series with one another, the plurality of switchable inductors collectively connected in parallel with a capacitor, wherein the plurality of switchable inductors are configured to have an inductance value as a function of the selected frequency of the circuit element and an operational mode parameter, wherein the operational mode parameter is a selected power input.

2. The electrical circuit according to claim 1, wherein the common mode rejection circuit element is adjustable as a function of the selected frequency or another performance parameter of the circuit element.

3. The electrical circuit according to claim 1, wherein the common mode rejection circuit element comprises a resonant circuit, a resonance frequency of which is adjustable in order to adjust the common mode rejection circuit element.

4. The electrical circuit according to claim 3, wherein the resonant circuit is configured to adapt the resonance frequency such that the resonance frequency is equal to a second harmonic frequency with respect to the selected frequency.

5. The electrical circuit according to claim 2, wherein the common mode rejection circuit element comprises a controller configured to receive an information on the selected frequency and to adjust the common mode rejection circuit element in response thereto.

6. The electrical circuit according to claim 1, wherein the common mode rejection circuit element is connected in series between the circuit element and ground.

7. The electrical circuit according to claim 1, wherein the circuit element comprises an oscillator, mixer, buffer, operational amplifier or differential amplifier.

8. The oscillation device according to claim 1, wherein the common mode rejection circuit element comprises a plurality of switchable capacitors connected in parallel to each other.

9. An oscillation device comprising:

an oscillator configured to provide a variable oscillation frequency; and

a common mode rejection circuit element connected to the oscillator in series and comprising a resonant circuit configured to reject a common mode current through the oscillator, wherein a resonance frequency of the resonant circuit is adjustable, the common mode rejection circuit element including a plurality of switchable inductors configured to have an inductance value as a function of the variable oscillation frequency and an operational mode parameter, wherein the operational mode parameter is a selected power input,

wherein the oscillator comprises a differential amplifier, one or more inductors and an adjustable capacitor for selecting the oscillation frequency, wherein the adjustable capacitor is connected in parallel with the one or more inductors,

wherein the differential amplifier comprises two differential transistor pairs which are coupled as push-pull stages,

wherein a type of the transistors of a first differential transistor pair differs from a type of the transistors of a second differential transistor pair,

wherein each transistor of the two differential transistor pairs is coupled with the other transistor of the respective differential transistor pair via a mutual feedback loop, and

wherein the adjustable capacitor and the one or more inductors are connected between a common drain contact of a first push-pull stage and a common drain contact of a second push-pull stage.

10. The oscillation device according to claim 9, wherein a resonance frequency of the resonant circuit is adjustable as a function of the oscillation frequency or another performance parameter of the oscillator.

11. The oscillation device according to claim 9 wherein the common mode rejection circuit element is connected in series between the differential amplifier and ground.

12. The oscillation device according to claim 9, wherein the differential amplifier comprises a differential transistor pair coupled to a common source node via which the oscillator is connected to the common mode rejection circuit element,

wherein each transistor of the differential transistor pair is coupled with the other transistor via a mutual feedback loop, and

wherein the adjustable capacitor and the one or more inductors are connected between two drain contacts of the differential transistor pair.

13. A method for operating an electrical circuit comprising a circuit element and a common mode rejection circuit element, the method comprising the following steps:

operating the circuit element at a selected frequency within a variable frequency range;

adjusting the common mode rejection circuit element based on the circuit element, wherein adjusting the common mode rejection circuit element comprises selectively switching one or more of a plurality of series-connected inductors of the common mode rejection circuit element to have an inductance value as a function of the selected frequency and an operational mode parameter, wherein the operational mode parameter is a selected power input; and

rejecting a common mode current through the circuit element by use of the common mode rejection circuit element.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the step of adjusting the common mode rejection circuit element is performed such that the common mode rejection circuit element is adjusted as a function of the selected frequency or another performance parameter of the circuit element.

15. The method according to claim 14 further comprises a step of receiving an information on the selected frequency from the circuit element and using the information in adjusting the common mode rejection circuit element.

16. An electrical circuit comprising:

a circuit element configured to operate at a selected frequency within a variable frequency range; and

a common mode rejection circuit element configured to reject a common mode current through the circuit element, wherein the common mode rejection circuit element is adjustable and comprises a plurality of switchable capacitors connected in parallel to each other and to a switchable inductor for adjusting the resonance frequency, wherein an inductance value of the switchable inductor is adjustable as a function of the selected frequency and an operational mode parameter, wherein the operational mode parameter is a selected power input.