Radio frequency switch including filter circuit

• US 9,847,781 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2015
• Issued: 12/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Na, Yoo Sam, Kim, Jong Myeong, Yoo, Hyun Jin, Yoo, Hyun Hwan, Kim, Yoo Hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Poos, John
• Application Number:
  US14/609,244
• Publication Number:
  US 20150256147A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,055 Days
• Field of Search: 327365, 327379, 327430, 455333
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 11/245 using field-effect transistor
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/62 Switching arrangements with several input- output-terminals, e.g. multiplexers, distributors logic circuits H03K19/00; code converters H03M5/00, H03M7/00
• 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

Abstract

A radio frequency switch may include a common port transmitting and receiving a radio frequency signal, a first switching unit including a plurality of first switch elements connected in series and opening or closing a signal transfer path between a first port inputting and outputting the radio frequency signal and the common port, and a second switching unit having a plurality of second switch elements connected in series and opening or closing a signal transfer path between a second port inputting and outputting the radio frequency signal and the common port. The second switching unit further includes a first filter circuit unit connected to a control terminal of at least one second switch element among the plurality of second switch elements to remove at least one preset frequency band signal.

Claims

1. A radio frequency switch, comprising:

a common port transmitting and receiving a radio frequency signal;

a first switching unit having a plurality of first switch elements connected in series and opening or closing a signal transfer path between a first port inputting and outputting the radio frequency signal and the common port; and

a second switching unit including a plurality of second switch elements connected in series and opening or closing a signal transfer path between a second port inputting and outputting the radio frequency signal and the common port,

wherein the second switching unit further includes a first filter circuit unit connected to a control terminal of at least one second switch element of the plurality of second switch elements to remove at least one preset frequency band signal, and the first filter circuit unit is not directly connected to the signal transfer path of the second switching unit.

2. The radio frequency switch of claim 1, wherein the first filter circuit unit removes a second harmonic component input from the control terminal of the at least one second switch element.

3. The radio frequency switch of claim 1, wherein the first filter circuit unit includes at least one capacitor and at least one inductor connected to the at least one capacitor in parallel or in series.

4. The radio frequency switch of claim 3, wherein the first filter circuit unit attenuates a signal within a frequency band determined according to the at least one capacitor and the at least one inductor.

5. The radio frequency switch of claim 1, further comprising:

a first shunting unit connected between the second port and the second switching unit to conduct or block electricity on a signal transfer path between the second port and a ground; and

a second shunting unit connected between the first port and the first switching unit to conduct or block electricity on a signal transfer path between the first port and a ground, wherein the first shunting unit has a plurality of third switch elements connected in series and the second shunting unit has a plurality of fourth switch elements connected in series.

7. The radio frequency switch of claim 1, wherein the first filter circuit unit is connected to a control terminal of a second switch element disposed closest to the second port and connected to the second port.

6. A radio frequency switch, comprising:

a common port transmitting and receiving a radio frequency signal;

a first switching unit having a plurality of first switch elements connected in series and opening or closing a signal transfer path between a first port inputting and outputting the radio frequency signal and the common port;

a second switching unit including a plurality of second switch elements connected in series and opening or closing a signal transfer path between a second port inputting and outputting the radio frequency signal and the common port;

a first shunting unit connected between the second port and the second switching unit to conduct or block electricity on a signal transfer path between the second port and a ground; and

a second shunting unit connected between the first port and the first switching unit to conduct or block electricity on a signal transfer path between the first port and a ground,

wherein the first shunting unit has a plurality of third switch elements connected in series and the second shunting unit has a plurality of fourth switch elements connected in series,

wherein the second switching unit further includes a first filter circuit unit connected to a control terminal of at least one second switch element of the plurality of second switch elements to remove at least one preset frequency band signal, and

wherein the second shunting unit further includes a second filter circuit unit connected to a control terminal of at least one fourth switch element among the plurality of fourth switch elements, and

the second filter circuit unit removes a second harmonic component input from the control terminal of the at least one fourth switch element.

8. A radio frequency switch, comprising:

a common port transmitting and receiving first and second radio frequency signals;

a first switching unit having a plurality of first switch elements connected in series and opening or closing a signal transfer path between a first port inputting and outputting the first radio frequency signal and the common port; and

a second switching unit including a plurality of second switch elements connected in series and opening or closing a signal transfer path between a second port inputting and outputting the second radio frequency signal and the common port,

wherein the second switching unit further includes a first filter circuit unit connected to a control terminal of at least one second switch element among the plurality of second switch elements and having at least one capacitor and at least one inductor connected to the at least one capacitor in parallel or in series.

9. The radio frequency switch of claim 8, wherein the first filter circuit unit is connected to a control terminal of a second switch element positioned closest to the second port among the plurality of second switch elements.

10. The radio frequency switch of claim 8, wherein the first filter circuit unit removes a second harmonic component input from the control terminal of the at least one second switch element.

11. The radio frequency switch of claim 8, wherein the first filter circuit unit removes at least one preset frequency band signal, from the second radio frequency signal, and the at least one preset frequency band signal is determined according to the at least one capacitor and the at least one inductor.

12. The radio frequency switch of claim 8, further comprising:

a first shunting unit connected between the second port and the second switching unit to conduct or block electricity on a signal transfer path between the second port and a ground; and

a second shunting unit connected between the first port and the first switching unit to conduct or block electricity on a signal transfer path between the first port and a ground, wherein the first shunting unit has a plurality of third switch elements connected in series and the second shunting unit has a plurality of fourth switch elements connected in series.

13. The radio frequency switch of claim 12, wherein the second shunting unit further includes a second filter circuit unit connected to a control terminal of at least one fourth switch element among the plurality of fourth switch elements, and

the second filter circuit unit removes a second harmonic component input from the control terminal of the at least one fourth switch element.