A system may include a forward signal path having a forward gain and configured to receive an input signal at an input and generate an output signal at an output as a function of the input signal, a feedback signal path having a feedback gain and coupled between the output and the input, and a control subsystem configured to operate the forward signal path and the feedback signal path in at least two modes comprising a first mode in which the forward gain is a first forward gain and the feedback gain is a first feedback gain and a second mode in which the forward gain is a second forward gain smaller than the first forward gain and the feedback gain is a second feedback gain larger than the first feedback gain. The control subsystem may cause operation in the first mode when signal content is present in the input signal and may cause operation in the second mode when signal content is absent from the input signal.

A linear amplifier of an envelope tracking supply modulator includes a pre-driver stage circuit and an output stage circuit. The pre-driver stage circuit receives an envelope input, and generates a pre-driver output according to the envelope input. The output stage circuit receives the pre-driver output, and generates an amplifier output according to the pre-driver output. The amplifier output is involved in setting a modulated supply voltage of a power amplifier. The output stage circuit has a plurality of amplifiers, including a first amplifier and a second amplifier. When the power amplifier has a first output power level, the first amplifier is involved in setting the amplifier output, and the second amplifier is not involved in setting the amplifier output. When the power amplifier has a second output power level different from the first output power level, the first amplifier and the second amplifier are involved in setting the amplifier output.

A power amplifier, for a transmitter circuit is disclosed, which comprises at least one field-effect transistor having a gate terminal and a bulk terminal. The at least one field-effect transistor is configured to receive an input voltage at the gate terminal and a dynamic bias voltage at the bulk terminal. The power amplifier comprises a bias-voltage generation circuit configured to generate the dynamic bias voltage as a nonlinear function of an envelope of input signal. The input voltage is a linear function of the input signal. The bias-voltage generation circuit comprises a rectifier circuit configured to generate a rectified input voltage and an amplifier circuit, operatively connected to the rectifier circuit, configured to generate the dynamic bias voltage based on the rectified input voltage. The amplifier circuit is a variable-gain amplifier circuit and the power amplifier comprises a control circuit configured to tune the gain of the amplifier circuit.

A high bandwidth continuous time linear equalization (HBCTLE) circuit is disclosed. The HBCTLE circuit includes a continuous time linear equalization (CTLE) circuit and a gain circuit coupled with an output of the CTLE circuit. A feedback circuit is coupled between the output of the CTLE circuit and an output of the gain circuit.

Disclosed in the present invention are a radio frequency power amplifier based on current detection feedback and a chip. The radio frequency power amplifier comprises multiple stages of amplifier circuits and at least one current detection feedback circuit; the input end of the current detection feedback circuit is connected to the input end of a current stage of amplifier circuit among the multiple stages of amplifier circuits by means of a corresponding resistor, and the output end of the current detection feedback circuit is connected to the input end of at least one stage of amplifier circuit prior to the current stage of amplifier circuit. The current detection feedback circuit generates, according to the detected quiescent operating current of the current stage of amplifier circuit, a control voltage varying inversely with the quiescent operating current, so that the current detection feedback circuit outputs current varying positively with the control voltage.

A class-D amplifier with multiple “nested” levels of feedback. The class-D amplifier surrounds an inner feedback loop, which takes the output of a switching amplifier and corrects for errors generated across the switching amplifier, with additional feedback loops that also take the output of the switching amplifier.

Disclosed is a radio frequency power amplifier that reduces load change sensitivity, which comprises a feedback circuit (10) and a plurality of levels of amplification circuit, the feedback circuit (10) and all or a portion of amplification circuit among the plurality of levels of amplification circuit being connected in parallel between a first node (M) and a second node (N), and a feedback loop made up of the feedback circuit (10) and an amplification circuit main path located between the first node (M) and the second node (N) forming a 180°+360°×n phase shift, where n is a natural number.

An amplifying circuit including a first gain circuit, a second gain circuit, a Miller capacitor, a positive feedback circuit and a feedforward gain circuit. The second gain circuit is configured to receive a first gain signal from the first gain circuit and generate a second gain signal. The Miller capacitor, the positive feedback circuit and the feedforward gain circuit are electrically coupled between an input terminal and an output terminal of the second gain circuit. The positive feedback circuit is configured to feedback the signal of the output terminal of the second gain circuit to the input terminal of the second gain circuit. The feedforward gain circuit is configured to amplify the first gain signal to output a third gain signal to the output terminal of the second gain circuit.

An amplifying circuit including a first gain circuit, a second gain circuit, a Miller capacitor, a positive feedback circuit and a feedforward gain circuit. The second gain circuit is configured to receive a first gain signal from the first gain circuit and generate a second gain signal. The Miller capacitor, the positive feedback circuit and the feedforward gain circuit are electrically coupled between an input terminal and an output terminal of the second gain circuit. The positive feedback circuit is configured to feedback the signal of the output terminal of the second gain circuit to the input terminal of the second gain circuit. The feedforward gain circuit is configured to amplify the first gain signal to output a third gain signal to the output terminal of the second gain circuit.

Amplifying circuitry configured such that when a detection circuit detects an abnormal state in which the level of signals input to a main amplifying circuit exceeds a normal range, a control circuit sets the state of integration of signals in the integration circuit to a default state. When the detection circuit detects the abnormal state and then detects that an operating state returns to a normal state in which the level of signals input to the main amplifying circuit is included in the normal range, the control circuit cancels the setting of the default state in the integration circuit.