Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090021331 | STEP ATTENUATOR - There is provided a step attenuator having two Pi-type attenuators and one bridged-T type attenuator that share some resistors. The step attenuator is used to prevent a reduction in frequency range caused by use of MOS transistors and reduce attenuation of signal power and frequency band by the MOS transistors, thereby obtaining a low attenuation value and reducing input and output mismatch. | 01-22-2009 |
20090066425 | FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER HAVING MULTI-BAND VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR - There is provided a frequency synthesizer including a multi-band voltage controlled oscillator having a plurality of voltage controlled oscillating cores outputting oscillation frequencies having different bands according to an input control voltage. Each of the voltage controlled oscillating cores outputs a frequency band divided into a plurality of bands, and the voltage controlled oscillating core operates by each of the divided bands, and one of the voltage controlled oscillating cores operates in one of the bands according to the control voltage. The frequency synthesizer further includes a comparator unit and an oscillation band-determining unit. The comparator unit compares the control voltage with a pre-set reference voltage range. The oscillation band-determining unit changes the band where the voltage controlled oscillating core operates into another one of the bands when the control voltage is out of the pre-set reference voltage range. | 03-12-2009 |
20090153256 | FREQUENCY GENERATOR - There is provided a feedback circuit including: an oscillator generating an oscillation frequency signal; a mixer unit having an input terminal, a feedback terminal, and an output terminal and outputting a frequency signal through the output terminal, the frequency signal obtained by adding or subtracting frequency of a feedback signal, input through the feedback terminal, to or from frequency of the oscillation frequency signal input through the input terminal from the oscillator; a first frequency divider dividing the frequency signal output from the mixer unit at a division ratio of N (N is a multiple of 2) to generate an output signal; and a feedback circuit adjusting the output signal of the first frequency divider for the first frequency divider to output a frequency signal in a desired band and feeding back the adjusted signal to the feedback terminal of the mixer unit. | 06-18-2009 |
20100073040 | FREQUENCY DIVIDER USING LATCH STRUCTURE - There is provided a frequency divider using a latch structure including: a first latch sampling and latching an input signal in response to a first clock signal and a second clock signal having an inverse phase with respect to the first clock signal; a second latch toggled with the first latch, the second latch sampling and latching the input signal in response to the first and second clock signals; a bias adjustor generating a sampling bias current and a latching bias current to supply to the first and second latches, respectively and adjusting a relative ratio between the sampling bias current and the latching bias current to vary a minimum power point oscillating frequency of the first and second latches. | 03-25-2010 |
20100134188 | BUFFER AMPLIFIER - A buffer amplifier has high input impedance and is less affected by temperature by supplying independent bias power to each of amplification units. The buffer amplifier includes a bias supply unit supplying bias power having a preset voltage level, an amplification unit receiving preset driving power and the bias power from the bias supply unit to amplify an input signal, and a compensation unit compensating for current unbalance of the driving power supplied to the amplification unit. | 06-03-2010 |
20110037507 | MIXER WITH DIFFERENTIAL DC OFFSET CANCELLATION FUNCTION - A mixer with a differential DC offset cancellation function includes: a load unit including a first load unit and a second load unit; a mixing unit biased by current transferred from the load unit to mix inputs signal and oscillation signals; a first output voltage detection unit detecting an output voltage of the first output terminal; a second output voltage detection unit detecting an output voltage of the second output terminal; a first injection/extraction circuit unit injecting current into the first load unit or extracting current from the first load unit according to the size of a first detection voltage; a second injection/extraction circuit unit injecting current into the second load unit or extracting current from the second load unit according to the size of a second detection voltage; and a current regulation unit regulating an overall current flowing across the first and second injection/extraction circuit units. | 02-17-2011 |
20110156813 | POWER AMPLIFIER - There is provided a power amplifier that can maintain a constant gain by detecting a level of a signal being input and a level of a signal being output. A power amplifier according to an aspect of the invention may include: an amplification section having at least one amplification unit amplifying an input signal according to an adjustable gain to thereby output the amplified input signal; a detection section detecting signal levels of an input signal and an output signal of the amplification section; and a gain maintaining section controlling a bias power according to a detection result of the detection section so that a gain of the amplification section is maintained within a predetermined gain range. | 06-30-2011 |
20110304398 | CMOS POWER AMPLIFIER AND TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION CIRCUIT THEREOF - Disclosed is a CMOS power amplifier. A temperature compensation circuit of a CMOS power amplifier may include: a bias circuit unit supplying a gate bias voltage to a power amplification circuit part; a bias detection unit determining a class type of the power amplification circuit part according to the gate bias voltage; a temperature detection unit detecting a temperature-proportional voltage in proportion to ambient temperature; a temperature compensation control unit generating a compensation control value according to the temperature-proportion voltage in the class type determined by the bias detection unit; and a conversion unit converting the compensation control value of the temperature compensation control unit into a linear bias control value and providing the linear bias control value to the bias circuit unit, wherein the bias circuit unit compensates the gate bias voltage according to the linear bias control value of the conversion unit. | 12-15-2011 |
20120286877 | POWER AMPLIFIER - There is provided a power amplifier including an amplifying unit having at least two cascode amplifiers connected in parallel to amplify an input signal; and a bias supply unit supplying bias power to a common gate node of the two cascode amplifiers, and removing a signal of a pre-set frequency band corresponding to a baseband at the common gate node by controlling impedance of the common gate node. | 11-15-2012 |
20120299657 | MULTI-MODE POWER AMPLIFIER - There is provided a multi-mode power amplifier operable in a low power mode having a preset power range and in a high power mode having a power range higher than the power range of the low power mode. The multi-mode power amplifier includes: a high power amplifying unit including at least one cascode amplifier to amplify an input signal to a high power level having a preset power range; a low power amplifying unit sharing a common source node of the at least one cascode amplifier to amplify the input signal to a low power level having a power range lower than the high power level; and a coupling unit coupling a transfer path of a signal output from the high power amplifying unit and a transfer path of a signal output from the low power amplifying unit to each other. | 11-29-2012 |
20130057349 | CMOS POWER AMPLIFIER - There is provided a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) power amplifier including: a load unit connected between an operating voltage supply terminal and an output terminal; an amplifying unit formed as a cascode structure between the load unit and a ground, amplifying a power of an input signal input through an input terminal and outputting the amplified signal through an output terminal; and a threshold voltage control unit varying a threshold voltage of the amplifying unit according to a magnitude of the input signal input through the input terminal. | 03-07-2013 |
20130079065 | MULTI-MODE POWER AMPLIFIER - There is provided a multi-mode power amplifier having increased isolation, including: a high power mode amplifying unit amplifying an input signal by a pre-set gain when the input signal has a power level higher than a pre-set reference level; a low power mode amplifying unit amplifying the input signal by a pre-set gain when the input signal has a power level lower than the pre-set reference level; a switch unit including one or more switches selectively proving a signal transmission path to the high power mode amplifying unit and the low power mode amplifying unit; and a controller providing a control signal having a pre-set voltage level for switching the one or more switches of the switch unit on or off, the voltage level of the control signal for switching the one or more switches off being set to be a negative voltage. | 03-28-2013 |
20130285975 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - There are provided a touch screen panel and a touch screen apparatus. The touch screen panel includes a plurality of first electrodes formed on a substrate and extending in a first axis direction; and a plurality of second electrodes formed on the substrate and extending in a second axis direction perpendicular to the first axis direction, wherein a plurality of first slits are provided in a diagonal direction with respect to the first axis direction and the second axis direction between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes, and at least one second slit is formed within each of the plurality of second electrodes. | 10-31-2013 |
20130321325 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING CAPACITANCE, AND TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - There are provided an apparatus for sensing capacitance, a method for sensing capacitance, and a touch screen apparatus. The apparatus for sensing capacitance includes; a first integration circuit unit including a first capacitor charged by a change in capacitance occurring in a sensing electrode; a comparison circuit unit comparing a level of an output signal of the first integration circuit unit with a predetermined reference level; and a noise removal unit including a plurality of switches operating according to an output of the comparison circuit unit, wherein the comparison circuit unit controls an operation of each of the plurality of switches to discharge charges charged in the first capacitor when the level of the output signal of the first integration circuit unit is higher than the reference level. | 12-05-2013 |
20130321326 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING CAPACITANCE, AND TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - There are provided an apparatus for sensing capacitance, a method for sensing capacitance, and a touch screen apparatus. The apparatus for sensing capacitance includes; a driving circuit unit applying driving signals to a first capacitor; an integration circuit unit including a second capacitor and a third capacitor respectively charged by a change in capacitance generated in the first capacitor based on the driving signals to generate a predetermined output voltage and calculating a voltage difference between the output voltage of the second capacitor and the output voltage of the third capacitor; and a control unit determining characteristics of a noise signal based on the voltage difference and controlling the driving signals based on the characteristics of the noise signal. | 12-05-2013 |
20140009216 | CAPACITANCE SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - There is provided a capacitance sensing apparatus including: a driving circuit unit applying a driving signal to a first capacitor; a first integrating circuit unit including a second capacitor charged by a change in capacitance generated in the first capacitor based on the driving signal to generate a first output voltage; and a second integrating circuit unit including a third capacitor charged by a change in capacitance generated in the second capacitor to generate a second output voltage, wherein a level of the second output voltage is changed at least twice during a single period of the driving signal applied to the first capacitor. | 01-09-2014 |
20140009432 | CAPACITANCE SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND TOUCHSCREEN APPARATUS - There is provided a capacitance sensing apparatus including: a driving circuit unit applying a driving signal having a common level potential and first and second level potentials different from the common level potential to a first capacitor; a sensing circuit unit detecting a change in capacitance generated in the first capacitor; and a gain controlling circuit unit controlling a gain of the sensing circuit unit, wherein the sensing circuit unit includes a second capacitor charged by the change in capacitance of the first capacitor when a level of the driving signal is changed from the first level potential to the common level potential or changed from the common level potential to the second level potential. | 01-09-2014 |
20140035653 | CAPACITANCE SENSING DEVICE AND TOUCHSCREEN - There are provided a capacitance sensing device and a touchscreen, the capacitance sensing device including a driving circuit unit allowing a capacitor to be charged and discharged; and an integrating circuit unit integrating charges stored in the capacitor, wherein the integrating circuit unit integrates the charges stored in the capacitor to thereby output a first voltage having a positive polarity and a second voltage having a negative polarity. | 02-06-2014 |
20140035862 | CAPACITANCE SENSING APPARATUS AND TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - There is provided a capacitance sensing apparatus including a driving circuit unit applying a driving signal to a first capacitor at a predetermined interval; and a sensing circuit unit sensing a change in capacitance generated by the first capacitor based on the driving signal, in which a portion of a plurality of switches included in the sensing circuit unit operate at a first interval, the same as the interval of the driving signal, and remaining switches among the plurality of switches operate at a second interval, different from the first interval. | 02-06-2014 |
20140104226 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CAPACITANCE DETECTION, AND TOUCHSCREEN APPARATUS - There are provided an apparatus and a method of controlling capacitance detection, and a touchscreen apparatus. The apparatus includes: a driving circuit unit providing driving signals including a preset number of driving pulses to a plurality of respective driving electrodes of a panel unit; a detecting circuit unit removing electrical noise from a first voltage corresponding to a capacitance change in the panel unit when the electrical noise is included in the first voltage; and a controlling unit controlling the driving circuit unit to generate an additional driving pulse when the electrical noise is included in the first voltage. | 04-17-2014 |
20140146000 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - There are provided a touch sensing device and a touchscreen device, the touch sensing device including a driving circuit unit sequentially applying a driving signal to a plurality of respective driving electrodes, a sensing circuit unit connected to a plurality of sensing electrodes and measuring changes in capacitance in node capacitors formed by the plurality of driving electrodes and the plurality of sensing electrodes, and a noise removing unit providing a preset reference voltage to a driving electrode to which the driving signal is not applied, among the plurality of driving electrodes. | 05-29-2014 |
20140160038 | TOUCH SENSING METHOD AND TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - There are provided a touch sensing method and a touch sensing apparatus. The touch sensing method includes calibrating an offset value; obtaining sensed data from a panel unit, performing a difference operation on the sensed data and the offset value to calculate valid data, when the valid data is higher than a first threshold value, calculating a correlation value between the valid data and reference data, and comparing the correlation value with a second threshold value to determine whether to update the offset value and whether to filter the valid data. | 06-12-2014 |
20140184556 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - There are provided a touch sensing apparatus and a touch sensing method. The touch sensing apparatus includes: a panel unit including a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes; a driving circuit unit applying driving signals to the plurality of driving electrodes, respectively; a sensing circuit unit measuring a change in capacitance of node capacitors generated in intersections of the plurality of the driving electrodes and the plurality of sensing electrodes; a signal conversion unit generating a first digital signal based on the change in capacitance; and a calculation unit determining a touch according to the first digital signal, wherein the driving circuit unit and the sensing circuit unit are operated by an input voltage, and the signal conversion unit and the calculation unit are operated by a low voltage drop out (LDO) voltage generated by decreasing the input voltage. | 07-03-2014 |
20140184557 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - There is provided a touch sensing apparatus including: a panel unit including a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes; a driving circuit unit applying one of a driving signal and a scanning signal having a frequency different from that of the driving signal, to each of the plurality of driving electrodes; a sensing circuit unit measuring a change in capacitance of a plurality of node capacitors generated in intersections of the plurality of driving electrodes and the plurality of sensing electrodes; and a calculation unit determining a touch based on a change in the capacitance, wherein when the scanning signal is applied to the plurality of driving electrodes, the calculation unit calculates capacitance deviations in the plurality of node capacitors from the deviations of changes in the capacitance generated by the plurality of node capacitors. | 07-03-2014 |
20140253491 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - There are provided a touch sensing device and a touchscreen device, the touch sensing device including a plurality of driving electrodes extended in a first axial direction, a plurality of sensing electrodes extended in a second axial direction intersecting with the first axial direction, an integrating circuit unit generating a first analog signal by integrating a change in capacitance generated in a first sensing electrode among the plurality of sensing electrodes and generating a second analog signal from a change in capacitance generated in a second sensing electrode adjacent to the first sensing electrode, and a subtracting unit calculating a difference in levels between the first and second analog signals. | 09-11-2014 |