Low insertion loss switch

• US 5,717,356 A
• Filed: 01/23/1996
• Issued: 02/10/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kohama, Kazumasa
• Primary Examiner(s): Callahan, Timothy P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZWEIZIG, JEFFERY SHAWN
• Application Number:
  US08/590,172
• Time in Patent Office: 749 Days
• Field of Search: 327/308, 327/365, 327/374, 327/425, 327/427, 327/430, 333/81 A, 333/81 R, 333/101, 333/103, 333/104, 333/262
• US Class Current: 327/427
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/063 in field-effect transistor switches
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/687 the devices being field-effect transistors
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/48 in circuits for connecting transmitter and receiver to a common transmission path, e.g. by energy of transmitter H04B1/46 takes precedence

Abstract

A switching circuit further decreasing the insertion loss. The first capacitor is connected between the drain terminal of the field effect transistor and the ground and/or the second capacitor is connected between the source terminal of the field effect transistor and the ground, and the capacitances of the first and/or second capacitors are set to optimum values. Accordingly, the switching circuit can be easily obtained which is low in insertion loss at a desired frequency. Besides, since a bias circuit for generating bias voltage from control voltage which is applied to the two control terminals of a switching circuit using a field effect transistor is provided, a switching circuit which does not need exclusive bias terminals and is superior in isolation property can be realized.

Claims

1. A switching circuit comprising:

a field effect transistor having a drain and a source, a path between said drain and said source serving as a signal path;

a high-impedance element having a first terminal connected to a gate terminal of said field effect transistor and second terminal connected to a bias control circuit,

said bias control circuit comprised of first and second diodes disposed in a forward direction from corresponding first and second control terminals; and

a matching circuit comprising a first capacitor connected between said drain terminal of said field effect transistor and a ground.

2. The switching circuit according to claim 1, wherein

said field effect transistor is a multi-gate field effect transistor.

3. The switching circuit according to claim 1, wherein

said field effect transistor is a junction type field effect transistor.

4. A switching circuit comprising:

a field effect transistor having a drain and a source, a path between said drain and said source serving as a signal path;

a bias voltage generating means, having first and second control terminals to which first and second voltages having different values are alternately applied, for generating a bias voltage on the basis of said first and second voltages applied to said first and second control terminals, wherein

said bias voltage is applied to said field effect transistor; and

a high-impedance element connected between a gate terminal of said field effect transistor and said first control terminal.

5. The switching circuit according to claim 4, wherein,

said bias voltage generating means includes:

a first diode connected between said first control terminal and an output terminal of said bias voltage generating means in a manner that said first diode is disposed in a forward direction from said first control terminal toward said output terminal;

a first resistor connected in parallel to said first diode between said first control terminal and said output terminal;

a second diode connected between said second control terminal and said output terminal in a manner that said second diode is disposed in a forward direction from said second control terminal toward said output terminal; and

a second resistor connected in parallel to said second diode between said second control terminal and said output terminal.

6. The switching circuit according to claim 4, wherein said circuit further includes a second high-impedance element connected between said drain terminal of said field effect transistor and said output terminal of said bias voltage generating means.

7. The switching circuit according to claim 4, wherein

said field effect transistor is a multi-gate field effect transistor.

8. The switching circuit according to claim 4, wherein

said field effect transistor is a junction type field effect transistor.

9. The switching circuit according to claim 6, wherein said circuit further includes a third high-impedance element connected between said source terminal of said field effect transistor and said output terminal of said bias voltage generating means.

10. The switching circuit according to claim 4, wherein said circuit further includes a second high-impedance element connected between said source terminal of said field effect transistor and said output terminal of said bias voltage generating means.

11. The switching circuit according to claim 4, wherein the first and second voltages are both positive voltages.

12. A switching circuit comprising:

a field effect transistor having a drain and a source, a path between said drain and said source serving as a signal path;

a high-impedance element having a first terminal connected to a gate terminal of said field effect transistor and second terminal connected to a bias control circuit,

said bias control circuit comprised of first and second diodes disposed in a forward direction from corresponding first and second control terminals; and

a matching circuit comprising a first capacitor connected between said source terminal of said field effect transistor and a ground.