Patent ID: 7825716

Claim:
A mixer circuit comprising: a first input terminal fed with a first voltage signal; a second input terminal fed with a second voltage signal; a third input terminal fed with a third voltage signal equivalent to an inverted signal of the first voltage signal; a fourth input terminal fed with a fourth voltage signal equivalent to an inverted signal of the second voltage signal; a fifth input terminal fed with the first voltage signal; a sixth input terminal fed with the fourth voltage signal; a seventh input terminal fed with the second voltage signal; a first resistor circuit comprising one end connected to a first potential; a first output terminal connected to an other end of the first resistor circuit; a first transistor connected between the other end of the first resistor circuit and a second potential; a first impedance element connected between the first input terminal and a control electrode of the first transistor; a second impedance element connected between the second input terminal and the control electrode of the first transistor; a second transistor of a same conductivity type as the first transistor, the second transistor being connected in parallel with the first transistor between the other end of the first resistor circuit and the second potential; a third impedance element connected between the third input terminal and a control electrode of the second transistor; a fourth impedance element connected between the fourth input terminal and the control electrode of the second transistor; a second resistor circuit comprising one end connected to the first potential; a second output terminal connected to an other end of the second resistor circuit; a third transistor of the same conductivity type as the first transistor, the third transistor being connected between the other end of the second resistor circuit and the second potential; a fifth impedance element connected between the fifth input terminal and a control electrode of the third transistor; a sixth impedance element connected between the sixth input terminal and the control electrode of the third transistor; a fourth transistor of the same conductivity type as the first transistor, the fourth transistor being connected in parallel with the third transistor between the other end of the second resistor circuit and the second potential; a seventh impedance element connected between the third input terminal and a control electrode of the fourth transistor; and an eighth impedance element connected between the seventh input terminal and the control electrode of the fourth transistor.