Amplifier apparatus and method for controlling a local oscillator frequency based on the detected temperature of if bandpass filters

摘要

Disclosed is an amplifier apparatus that corrects mismatching of the filter transmission characteristic due to a change in the temperature of the amplifier apparatus itself and thereby stably amplifies the high-frequency signal. The amplifier apparatus converts a signal to be processed into one having an intermediate frequency band to thereby execute amplification processing. It comprises a local oscillator 31 the oscillation frequency of that can be altered, a first frequency converter 13 that converts the signal by the use of the oscillation frequency from the local oscillator into an intermediate frequency, a first band pass filter 14 that band-limits the signal having the intermediate, an amplifier 15 that amplifies the signal of the intermediate frequency that has passed therethrough, a second band pass filter 16 that band-limits the signal of the intermediate frequency that has been output therefrom, a second frequency converter 17 that converts the signal of the intermediate frequency that has passed therethrough into the original frequency by the use of the local-oscillation frequency, a temperature sensor 32 that detects the temperature of each of the first and second filters 14, 16, and a controller 33 that alters the oscillation frequency of the local oscillator 31 in correspondence with the detected temperature and thereby stabilizes the transmission characteristic of each of the first and second filters irrespective of the change in the temperature.