It is intended to provide a frequency multiplier capable of switching as
appropriate among frequency signals having frequencies obtained by
multiplying prescribed multiplication numbers with low current
consumption and a simple circuit configuration in effectively utilizing
frequencies in radio communication equipment. The base terminals of an
input differential pair are biased by respective voltage sources, and an
input frequency signal is input to one of the base terminals. The
differential output terminals are connected to the base terminals of
next-stage buffer circuit transistors, and their emitter terminals are
connected to respective diodes. A full-wave-rectified signal, which is
obtained at the connecting point of the cathode terminals of the diodes,
is input to a comparison differential pair, which produces an output
frequency signal by comparing the full-wave-rectified signal with a
reference voltage. The frequency of the output frequency signal is
switched as appropriate between the same frequency as the frequency of
the input frequency signal and its double frequency by the manner of
setting the bias voltages of the voltage sources.