High frequency amplifier circuit
View Patent ↗A high frequency amplifier circuit has a bias supplying transistor for supplying a bias current to an amplifying transistor, and first and second temperature compensating transistors for compensating the temperature properties of the base voltage of the bias supplying transistor. The base of the bias supplying transistor and the base of the first temperature compensating transistor are connected by a resistor in order to keep the base voltage of the bias supplying transistor approximately constant without following a change in the base voltage of the first temperature compensating transistor, even in the case where such a change occurs. The temperature compensating transistors, the bias supplying transistor and the resistor are formed in one multi-emitter type transistor.
1. A high frequency amplifier circuit, comprising:
an amplifying transistor;
a bias voltage supplying terminal;
a bias supplying transistor for supplying a bias current from the emitter to the base of said amplifying transistor in accordance with the voltage that is applied to the base of the bias supplying transistor from said bias voltage supplying terminal;
a first resistor positioned in a current path extending from the emitter of said base supplying transistor to the base of said amplifying transistor;
a first temperature compensating transistor for allowing a current to flow through in accordance with the voltage that is applied to the base of the first temperature compensating transistor from said bias voltage supplying terminal;
a second temperature compensating transistor having the collector directly connected to the base of said bias supplying transistor, for compensating for the temperature properties of the base voltage of said bias supplying transistor by correcting the bias current that is supplied to the base of said amplifying transistor from the emitter of said bias supplying transistor in accordance with the current that flows through said first temperature compensating transistor; and
a base voltage stabilization section that keeps the base voltage of said bias supplying transistor approximately constant without following a change in the base voltage of said first temperature compensating transistor, even in the case where such a change occurs, wherein:
a second resistor is connected between the base of said bias supplying transistor and the base of said first temperature compensating transistor, and said bias voltage supplying terminal is connected to the terminal of said second resistor on the side of the base of said first temperature compensating transistor, and thereby, said second resistor forms said base voltage stabilization section.
2. The high frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 1 , wherein said bias supplying transistor, said first temperature compensating transistor and said second resistor are formed in one multi-emitter type transistor, where a number of emitters and a number of bases are provided on a common collector, and a resistor element is formed in a state of connecting said number of bases to each other.
3. The high frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 2 , wherein said resistor element is formed of a semiconductor resistor.
4. The high frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 2 , wherein said resistor element is formed of a metal thin film resistor.