Switch and multiplexer including the same

• US 9,621,158 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2015
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
• Original Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
• Inventors: Tung, Ming-Hui, Lee, An-Ming, Chen, Leaf, Chen, Chien-Wen, Liu, Tsung-Yen, Chen, Guan-Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): Donovan, Lincoln
• Assistant Examiner(s): SKIBINSKI, THOMAS S
• Application Number:
  US14/867,608
• Publication Number:
  US 20160301410A1
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• Field of Search: 327408, 327407, 327403-405, 327427, 327434, 327437, 327382-386, 327379, 326113
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/102 in field-effect transistor switches
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/122 in field-effect transistor switches
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/162 without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/693 Switching arrangements with several input- or output-terminals, e.g. multiplexers, distributors logic circuits H03K19/00; code converters H03M5/00, H03M7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 2017/066 Maximizing the OFF-resistance instead of minimizing the ON-resistance

Abstract

A switch and a multiplexer including the same are provided, which are applicable to selectively transmit the high frequency signal from an input terminal to an output terminal therethrough. The switch includes a switch device and a variable resistor. The switch device is connected between the input terminal and the output terminal, and the switch device includes a control terminal and is configured to be switched between ON and OFF according to a switch controlling signal provided to the control terminal. The variable resistor is connected to the control terminal and configured to change to a first resistance while the switch device is ON, and to change to a second resistance while the switch device is OFF according to a resistor controlling signal. The first resistance is higher than the second resistance, and the resistor controlling signal is changed corresponding to the switch controlling signal.

Claims

1. A switch being applicable to transmit a high frequency signal from an input terminal to an output terminal therethrough, and the switch comprising:

a switch device, connected between the input terminal and the output terminal, and comprising a control terminal and configured to be switched between ON and OFF according to a switch controlling signal provided to the control terminal; and

a variable resistor, connected to the control terminal and configured to be changed to a first resistance while the switch device is ON, and to be changed to a second resistance while the switch device is OFF according to a resistor controlling signal, wherein the first resistance is higher than the second resistance, and the resistor controlling signal is changed corresponding to the switch controlling signal;

wherein the switch device is a transmission gate consisted of an n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor and a p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor, and the control terminal comprises a gate of the n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor and a gate of the p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor.

2. The switch of claim 1, wherein without the variable resistor and the control of the resistor controlling signal, a frequency of the high frequency signal regards a path passing through a parasitic capacitance between the input terminal and the control terminal as a first conducting path while the switch device is ON, and regards a path passing through the parasitic capacitance between the input terminal and the output terminal as a second conducting path while the switch device is OFF.

3. The switch of claim 2, wherein the first resistance of the variable resistor is higher than an impedance of the parasitic capacitance between the input terminal and the control terminal while the switch device is ON.

4. The switch of claim 2, wherein the second resistance of the variable resistor is smaller than an impedance of the parasitic capacitance between the input terminal and the output terminal while the switch device is OFF.

5. The switch of claim 1, wherein the frequency of the high frequency signal is about 240 MHz.

6. The switch of claim 1, wherein the variable resistor comprises a first variable resistor and a second variable resistor which are respectively connected to the gate of the n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor and the gate of the p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor.

7. The switch of claim 6, wherein the resistor controlling signal comprises a first resistor controlling signal and a second resistor controlling signal which respectively control the first variable resistor and the second variable resistor.

8. The switch of claim 1, wherein the resistor controlling signal is the switch controlling signal.

9. A multiplexer being applicable to transmit a high frequency signal from one of a first input terminal and a second input terminal to an output terminal therethrough, and the multiplexer comprising:

a first switch device, connected between the first input terminal and the output terminal, and comprising a first control terminal and configured to be switched between ON and OFF according to a first switch controlling signal provided to the first control terminal;

a second switch device, connected between the second input terminal and the output terminal, and comprising a second control terminal and configured to be switched between ON and OFF according to a second switch controlling signal provided to the second control terminal, wherein ON and OFF of the first switch device and ON and OFF of the second switch device are mutually exclusive;

a first variable resistor, connected to the first control terminal and configured to be changed to a first resistance while the first switch device is ON, and to be changed to a second resistance while the first switch device is OFF according to a first resistor controlling signal, wherein the first resistance is higher than the second resistance, and the first resistor controlling signal is changed corresponding to the first switch controlling signal; and

a second variable resistor, connected to the second control terminal and configured to be changed to a third resistance while the second switch device is ON, and to be changed to a fourth resistance while the second switch device is OFF according to a second resistor controlling signal, wherein the third resistance is higher than the fourth resistance, and the second resistor controlling signal is changed corresponding to the second switch controlling signal;

wherein the first switch device is a first transmission gate consisted of a first n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor and a first p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor, and the first control terminal comprises a gate of the first n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor and a gate of the first p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor, and the second switch device is a second transmission gate consisted of a second n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor and a second p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor, and the second control terminal comprises a gate of the second n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor and a gate of the second p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor.

10. The multiplexer of claim 9, wherein without the first and second variable resistors and the control of the first and second resistor controlling signals, a frequency of the high frequency signal regards a path passing through a first parasitic capacitance between the first input terminal and the first control terminal as a first conducting path while the first switch device is ON, and regards a path passing through a third parasitic capacitance between the second input terminal and the second control terminal as a second conducting path while the second switch device is ON, and regards a path passing through a second parasitic capacitance between the first input terminal and the output terminal as a third conducting path while the first switch device is OFF, and regards a path passing through a fourth parasitic capacitance between the second input terminal and the output terminal as a fourth conducting path while the second switch device is OFF.

11. The multiplexer of claim 10, wherein the first resistance is higher than an impedance of the first parasitic capacitance, and the third resistance is higher than an impedance of the third parasitic capacitance.

12. The multiplexer of claim 10, wherein the second resistance is smaller than an impedance of the second parasitic capacitance, and the fourth resistance is smaller than an impedance of the fourth parasitic capacitance.

13. The multiplexer of claim 9, wherein the frequency of the high frequency signal is about 240 MHz.

14. The multiplexer of claim 9, wherein the first variable resistor comprises a third variable resistor and a fourth variable resistor which are respectively connected to the gate of the first n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor and the gate of the first p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor, and the second variable resistor comprises a fifth variable resistor and a sixth variable resistor which are respectively connected to the gate of the second n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor and the gate of the second p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor.

15. The multiplexer of claim 14, wherein the first resistor controlling signal comprises a third resistor controlling signal and a fourth resistor signal which respectively control the third variable resistor and the fourth variable resistor, and the second resistor controlling signal comprises a fifth resistor controlling signal and a sixth resistor signal which respectively control the fifth variable resistor and the sixth variable resistor.

16. The multiplexer of claim 9, wherein the first resistor controlling signal is the first switch controlling signal, and the second resistor controlling signal is the second switch controlling signal.