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Control of base currents for output driver transistors in amplifiers

Examples of amplifiers accurately generate control currents for control terminals of output drivers using current-replication transistors and current mirrors. An input terminal of a first current mirror is coupled to the control terminal of a first current-replication transistor, and an input terminal of a second current mirror is coupled to the control terminal of a second current-replication transistor. The output terminals of the first and second current mirrors are coupled to the control terminals of first and second output drivers, respectively. First and second intermediate currents indicative of first and second currents flowing to the first and second output driver elements, respectively, are generated. Using the first and second current mirrors, first and second control currents are generated to control the first and second output driver elements, respectively, by scaling the first and second intermediate currents according to the gain factors of the current mirrors.

REACTANCE CANCELLING RADIO FREQUENCY CIRCUIT ARRAY
20230318179 · 2023-10-05 ·

A reactance cancelling radio frequency (RF) circuit array is disclosed. The reactance cancelling RF circuit array includes multiple RF circuits each coupled to one or two adjacent RF circuits by one or two pairs of coupling mediums each having a respective length less than one-quarter wavelength. In one aspect, an RF input signal is first split across the RF circuits and then combined to form an RF output signal. As a result, each RF circuit requires a lower power handling capability to process a portion of the RF input signal. In another aspect, each pair of the coupling mediums can cause reactance cancellation in each reactance-cancelling pair of the RF circuits. By coupling the RF circuits via the coupling mediums and enabling splitting-combining among the RF circuits, it is possible to miniaturize the reactance cancelling RF circuit array for improved performance across a wide frequency spectrum.

LOW POWER VB CLASS AB AMPLIFIER WITH LOCAL COMMON MODE FEEDBACK
20230318536 · 2023-10-05 ·

An amplifier includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage includes a floating current source to maintain current within a threshold. The first stage also includes a local common mode feedback configured to provide gain to an input signal. Moreover, the second stage includes a driver that provides a load current to a load coupled to the amplifier.

DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER
20230291359 · 2023-09-14 ·

Disclosed is an amplifier having a carrier amplifier configured as a common-emitter carrier power stage and a peaking amplifier configured as a common-emitter peaking power stage. Further included is power adaptive biasing circuitry coupled between the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier, wherein the power adaptive biasing circuitry is configured to sense direct current base voltages of the common-emitter carrier power stage and to generate control currents that debias the common-emitter carrier power stage in response to the current base voltages of the common-emitter carrier power stage.

Device Stack with Novel Gate Capacitor Topology
20230283247 · 2023-09-07 ·

Systems, methods and apparatus for practical realization of an integrated circuit comprising a stack of transistors operating as an RF amplifier are described. As stack height is increased, capacitance values of gate capacitors used to provide a desired distribution of an RF voltage at the output of the amplifier across the stack may decrease to values approaching parasitic/stray capacitance values present in the integrated circuit which may render the practical realization of the integrated circuit difficult. Coupling of an RF gate voltage at the gate of one transistor of the stack to a gate of a different transistor of the stack can allow for an increase in the capacitance value of the gate capacitor of the different transistor for obtaining an RF voltage at the gate of the different transistor according to the desired distribution.

DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFYING APPARATUS
20230134242 · 2023-05-04 ·

A differential amplifying apparatus includes an input matching circuit serving as an input balun to which a signal inputted to an input terminal is input, an output matching circuit serving as an output balun that outputs a signal to an output terminal, first and second amplifiers provided in parallel between the input balun and the output balun and configured to output a differential signal, a diode provided between a reference potential and a path between the input balun and the first amplifier, a second diode provided between a reference potential and a path between the input balun and the second amplifier, and a bias circuit that applies a bias to the first diode and the second diode, in which a cathode of the first diode and a cathode of the second diode are connected to the reference potential side.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NON-LINEAR EFFECT OF POWER AMPLIFIER

Embodiments herein disclose a method for controlling a non-linear effect of a power amplifier by an apparatus. The method includes acquiring an input data of the power amplifier of the apparatus and an output data of the power amplifier. Further, the method includes determining an inverse function using a neural network. The inverse function maps normalized output data of the PA to the input data of the PA, where the neural network comprises at least one sub-network for at least one memory tap from a plurality of memory taps in the neural network. Further, the method includes modifying the input data based on the determined inverse function value by dynamically changing a usage of the at least one memory tap from the plurality of memory taps. Further, the method includes compensating the non-linear effect in the output data of the power amplifier.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NON-LINEAR EFFECT OF POWER AMPLIFIER

Embodiments herein disclose a method for controlling a non-linear effect of a power amplifier by an apparatus. The method includes acquiring an input data of the power amplifier of the apparatus and an output data of the power amplifier. Further, the method includes determining an inverse function using a neural network. The inverse function maps normalized output data of the PA to the input data of the PA, where the neural network comprises at least one sub-network for at least one memory tap from a plurality of memory taps in the neural network. Further, the method includes modifying the input data based on the determined inverse function value by dynamically changing a usage of the at least one memory tap from the plurality of memory taps. Further, the method includes compensating the non-linear effect in the output data of the power amplifier.

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT
20230361723 · 2023-11-09 ·

An amplifier for converting a single-ended input signal to a differential output signal. The amplifier comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor and a fourth transistor. The first transistor, configured in common-source or common-emitter mode, receives the single-ended input signal and generates a first part of the differential output signal. The second transistor, also configured in common-source or common-emitter mode, generates a second part of the differential output signal. The third and fourth transistors are capacitively cross-coupled. The amplifier further comprises inductive degeneration such that a source or emitter of the first transistor is connected to a first inductor and a source or emitter of the second transistor is connected to a second inductor.

Amplifier circuitry and voltage correction circuitry

An amplifier circuitry includes a first amplifier, a second amplifier, a voltage generating circuitry, and a control circuitry. The first amplifier circuitry configured to amplify a first signal. The second amplifier circuitry configured to amplify a second signal which forms differential signals together with the first signal. The voltage generating circuitry configured to generate at least one of a first bias voltage to be applied to the first signal and a second bias voltage to be applied to the second signal. The control circuitry configured to control the voltage generation circuitry so as to decrease a difference between a DC component of an output of the first amplifier circuitry and a DC component of an output of the second amplifier circuitry.