Abstract: A switching circuit may include: the switching circuit includes a switching circuit unit including a first transistor and a second transistor connected to each other in series, the second transistor receiving a first control signal through a control terminal thereof, and an inverter connected between a control terminal of the first transistor and a first terminal of the first transistor. The inverter receives a second control signal and maintains a gate-source voltage level of the first transistor to a threshold voltage level of the first transistor or less, and levels of the first and second control signals are logically complementary to each other.

Abstract: A radio frequency switching circuit may include: a first switching circuit unit connected between a first signal port for transmitting and receiving signals and a common connection node connected to an antenna port and operated by a first gate signal; a second switching circuit unit connected between a second signal port for transmitting and receiving the signals and the common connection node and operated by a second gate signal; a signal selecting unit selecting a signal having a higher voltage between the first and second gate signals and providing the selected signal as a reference voltage; and a voltage generating unit generating a common node voltage using the reference voltage and providing the generated common node voltage to the common connection node, the common node voltage being lower than the reference voltage and being higher than a voltage level of zero.

Abstract: A switching circuit may include: the switching circuit includes a switching circuit unit including a first transistor and a second transistor connected to each other in series, the second transistor receiving a first control signal through a control terminal thereof, and an inverter connected between a control terminal of the first transistor and a first terminal of the first transistor. The inverter receives a second control signal and maintains a gate-source voltage level of the first transistor to a threshold voltage level of the first transistor or less, and levels of the first and second control signals are logically complementary to each other.

Abstract: A RF (Radio Frequency) switch may include: a common port; a first switching unit including a plurality of first switching devices; a second switching; a negative voltage generating unit sensing the high frequency signal from the common port and rectifying the sensed high frequency signal to generate a negative voltage; and a logic circuit unit controlling switching operations of the first and second switching units using the negative voltage provided from the negative voltage generating unit and a positive voltage provided from the outside.

Abstract: A power amplifying apparatus may include a first amplifying unit receiving power and amplifying a high frequency signal, a second amplifying unit receiving the power and amplifying the high frequency signal from the first amplifying unit, and a control unit controlling an operation of the first amplifying unit or the second amplifying unit. The first amplifying unit and the control unit are disposed on a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) substrate, and the second amplifying unit is disposed on a GaAs substrate.

Abstract: A switching circuit may include a switching circuit unit; a reference voltage unit connected between the switching circuit unit and a signal input terminal and providing a preset reference voltage; and a voltage generating unit dividing a first control voltage provided to the switching circuit unit by a preset magnitude to generate a second control voltage corresponding to the reference voltage, and providing the second control voltage to bodies of the plurality of respective switching devices.

Abstract: A power amplifier may include a first amplifying unit receiving a first bias signal to amplify a power level of an input signal; an envelope detecting unit detecting an envelope of the input signal; a comparing circuit unit comparing a peak value of the detected envelope with a preset reference voltage; and a second amplifying unit amplifying the power level of the input signal according to a second bias signal set depending on a comparison result of the comparing circuit unit.

Abstract: There are provided a power combiner implemented by a printed circuit board, a power amplifying module having the same, and a signal transceiving module.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a tunable capacitance control circuit and a tunable capacitance control method. The tunable capacitance control method is a tunable capacitance control method by a tunable capacitance control circuit including an MIM capacitor, a plurality of FET switches, and a control unit, wherein the control unit outputs control signals allowing only one of the plurality of (n) FET switches to be switched on and the remaining (n?1) FET switches to be switched off to the plurality of FET switches, thereby obtaining a desired tunable capacitance value.

Abstract: There are provided a dual mode communications device and a method of improving a data rate thereof. The dual mode communications device according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a selection unit 100 connecting antenna terminals to receive terminals or transmit terminals, a receive path circuit unit allowing RF receive signals from each of the first and second antennas to pass therethrough, a transmit path circuit unit providing RF transmit signals to the transmit terminals of the selection unit, an RF circuit unit converting the RF receive signals from the receive path circuit unit into baseband signals and converting the baseband signals to be transmitted into the RF transmit signals, and a baseband circuit unit performing control and signal processing of the selection unit in a single communications mode among a dual mode and a single mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a switch circuit and a single pole double throw (SPDT) circuit. The switch circuit includes: a MOS transistor transferring or blocking a signal according to a turn on/off operation thereof; a gate resistor connected to a gate of the MOS transistor; and a variable gate resistor circuit increasing a resistance value of the gate resistor when the MOS transistor is changed from a turn-off state to a turn-on state.

Abstract: There is provided a variable capacitance circuit, including a capacitance circuit unit connected between a first terminal and a second terminal and providing a preset capacitance, a variable capacitance circuit unit including a first transistor connected to the capacitance circuit unit in series between the first terminal and the second terminal, the first transistor being operated according to a gate voltage, and a switching unit connected between a body of the first transistor and an input terminal of a preset body voltage, wherein the switching unit is turned off when the first transistor is turned on and turned on when the first transistor is turned off.

Abstract: There are provided a dual mode communications device and a method of improving a data rate thereof. The dual mode communications device according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a selection unit 100 connecting antenna terminals to receive terminals or transmit terminals, a receive path circuit unit allowing RF receive signals from each of the first and second antennas to pass therethrough, a transmit path circuit unit providing RF transmit signals to the transmit terminals of the selection unit, an RF circuit unit converting the RF receive signals from the receive path circuit unit into baseband signals and converting the baseband signals to be transmitted into the RF transmit signals, and a baseband circuit unit performing control and signal processing of the selection unit in a single communications mode among a dual mode and a single mode.

Abstract: There is provided a fingerprint detection sensor and a method of detecting a fingerprint. The fingerprint detection sensor according to embodiments of the present invention includes a plurality of piezoelectric sensors arranged on a two-dimensional plane; and a fingerprint detection unit detecting a fingerprint by using ultrasonic signals discharged from the plurality of respective piezoelectric sensors, wherein the fingerprint detection unit determines whether the fingerprint is a forged fingerprint by detecting bloodstreams within a first region on the two-dimensional plane in which the ultrasonic signals discharged from the plurality of respective piezoelectric sensors overlap one another.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a tunable capacitance control circuit and a tunable capacitance control method. The tunable capacitance control method is a tunable capacitance control method by a tunable capacitance control circuit including an MIM capacitor, a plurality of FET switches, and a control unit, wherein the control unit outputs control signals allowing only one of the plurality of (n) FET switches to be switched on and the remaining (n-1) FET switches to be switched off to the plurality of FET switches, thereby obtaining a desired tunable capacitance value.

Abstract: There is provided a communications circuit for reducing crosstalk.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a variable capacitor circuit. The variable capacitor circuit which is composed of a plurality of capacitors and a switch transistor connected to each capacitor, and adjusts a capacitance value (C) in accordance with ON/OFF of the switch transistor, includes a unit cell in which at least one switching unit and at least one capacitor are alternately connected in series to each other, and a plurality of capacitor units to which at least one of the unit cells is connected in parallel, and thereby may adjust a difference in quality factors in accordance with a signal direction.

Abstract: There are provided a fingerprint detection sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. The fingerprint detection sensor includes a plurality of piezoelectric sensors arranged in an array on a two-dimensional plane and having a predetermined height; a filler provided to surround the plurality of piezoelectric sensors and isolating vibrations between the plurality of piezoelectric sensors; and a control unit discharging predetermined output signals through the piezoelectric sensors to detect information of an object in contact with, or close to, the plurality of piezoelectric sensors, wherein the plurality of piezoelectric sensors include first surfaces and second surfaces disposed on both ends thereof in a height direction and areas of the first surfaces and the second surfaces are different from each other.

Abstract: There is provided a fingerprint detection sensor and a method of detecting a fingerprint. The fingerprint detection sensor according to embodiments of the present invention includes a plurality of piezoelectric sensors arranged on a two-dimensional plane; and a fingerprint detection unit detecting a fingerprint by using ultrasonic signals discharged from the plurality of respective piezoelectric sensors, wherein the fingerprint detection unit determines whether the fingerprint is a forged fingerprint by detecting bloodstreams within a first region on the two-dimensional plane in which the ultrasonic signals discharged from the plurality of respective piezoelectric sensors overlap one another.

Abstract: There is provided a touch sensing apparatus including a panel unit in which a plurality of electrodes intersecting with each other are disposed; and a control unit sensing changes in capacitance generated in regions in which respective electrodes, among the plurality of intersecting electrodes, intersect, wherein the panel unit includes a first region in which the plurality of electrodes are disposed with a first interval therebetween, and a second region in which the plurality of electrodes are disposed with a second interval therebetween, and the control unit senses a fingerprint touching the second region based on a change in capacitance generated therein.