H03F2200/165

POWER SUPPLY MODULATOR AND POWER SUPPLY MODULATION TYPE AMPLIFIER

A power supply modulator includes: a first switching element in which a first voltage is applied to the first terminal and the second terminal is connected to an output terminal; a second switching element in which the third terminal is connected to the output terminal and the second terminal, and a second voltage is applied to the fourth terminal; a first driver circuit in which the first voltage is applied to the fifth terminal and the sixth terminal is grounded, to control opening and closing of the first switching element by a change in a resistance value between the fifth and sixth terminals; and a second driver circuit in which the seventh terminal is grounded and the second voltage is applied to the eighth terminal, to control opening and closing of the second switching element by a change in a resistance value between the seventh and eighth terminals.

DYNAMIC BAND STEERING FILTER BANK DIE HAVING FILTER SKIRT MANAGEMENT

Disclosed is a filter bank die that includes a first acoustic wave (AW) filter having a first antenna terminal coupled to the antenna port terminal and a first filter terminal, wherein the first AW filter is configured to have a filter skirt with a slope that spans at least a 100 MHz gap between adjacent passbands, and a second AW filter having a second filter terminal, and a second antenna terminal coupled to the first antenna terminal to effectively diplex signals that pass through the first AW filter and the second AW filter.

Multiplexer and communication apparatus
11528010 · 2022-12-13 · ·

A multiplexer includes a transmission filter and a reception filter connected to a common terminal, a first inductor connected to the common terminal, and a multilayer substrate on which the transmission filter and the reception filter are mounted and which includes dielectric layers. The transmission filter includes a parallel-arm resonator connected to a path between the common terminal and a transmission terminal and a parallel-arm terminal, and a second inductor connected to the parallel-arm terminal and ground. The first inductor includes a first coil pattern on a first dielectric layer and a second coil pattern on a second dielectric layer. The second inductor includes a third coil pattern on the first dielectric layer and that is magnetically coupled to the first coil pattern. The inductance value of the second coil pattern is greater than that of the first coil pattern.

BAW resonance device, filter device and RF front-end device

A BAW resonance device comprises a first layer including a cavity located on a first side, a first electrode having a first end located in the cavity and a second end contacting with the first layer, a second layer located on the first side, and a second electrode located on the second layer above the cavity, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are located on two sides of the second layer. The first electrode comprises a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer, and the second electrode layer and the second layer are located on two sides of the first electrode layer. The second electrode comprises a third electrode layer and a fourth electrode layer, and the second layer and the fourth electrode layer are located on two sides of the third electrode layer. Thus, the electrical resistance is lowered and the electrical losses are reduced.

Filter device, high-frequency module, and communication device
11522520 · 2022-12-06 · ·

A transmission filter is arranged in a first filter region and has one or more acoustic wave resonators, a plurality of terminal electrodes, and a plurality of wires. A reception filter is arranged in a second filter region and has one or more acoustic wave resonators, a plurality of terminal electrodes, and a plurality of wires. The first filter region and the second filter region are arranged adjacently to each other and have at least sides constituting a pair and opposing to each other. At least either one of the first filter region and the second filter region has no wire extending along one side in a forbidden region that is defined by a width including a terminal electrode nearest to the one side, along the one side and over the one side opposing to the other filter region.

Driver circuit and processing device
11522337 · 2022-12-06 · ·

A driver circuit includes: a current-controlling switching element electrically connected to a light emitting element; a differential amplifier circuit including: an output terminal electrically connected to the current-controlling switching element, a first input terminal configured to receive a reference signal as a reference for radiating light with a desired intensity from the light emitting element, and a second input terminal configured to receive a detection signal corresponding to a detection result of a current flowing in the light emitting element, wherein the differential amplifier circuit is configured to control the current flowing in the light emitting element and the current-controlling switching element based on a voltage of the first input terminal and a voltage of the second input terminal; and an adjustment part configured to adjust an overshoot amount of a rising edge of the current flowing in the light emitting element.

Power Amplifier Capable of Maintaining Constant Gain Regardless of Temperature Variations
20220385241 · 2022-12-01 · ·

A power amplifier includes a transistor, a temperature sensor and a filter. The transistor is used to receive a bias signal and amplify a radio frequency (RF) signal. The temperature sensor is arranged in proximity to the transistor, and is used to detect a temperature of the transistor to provide a voltage signal at a control node accordingly. The filter is coupled to the temperature sensor and is used to filter the voltage signal to generate a filtered voltage. The bias signal is adjusted according to the filtered voltage.

OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER FOR USE IN COULOMB COUNTER CIRCUIT

A circuit may include a two-stage feedforward compensated operational transconductance integrated amplifier, and the two-stage feedforward compensated operational transconductance integrated amplifier may include an input terminal, an output terminal, a signal path between the input terminal and the output terminal, the signal path comprising a first signal path gain stage and a second signal path gain stage, and ripple rejection circuitry coupled between the input terminal and an intermediate node of the signal path located between the first signal path gain stage and the second signal path gain stage. The ripple rejection circuitry may include a first ripple rejection circuitry gain stage coupled at its input to the input terminal and coupled at its output to an input terminal of a chopper circuit, a notch filter coupled at its input to an output terminal of the chopper circuit, and a second ripple rejection circuitry gain stage coupled at its input to an output terminal of the notch filter and coupled at its output to the intermediate node.

CLASS-D AMPLIFIER WITH DEADTIME DISTORTION COMPENSATION

A class-D amplifier including a pulse width modulator including an input configured to receive a first signal based on an input signal, and an output configured to generate a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal; an H-bridge including an input coupled to an output of the pulse width modulator and an output coupled to a load, wherein the H-bridge is configured to generate an output signal across the load based on the PWM signal; and a deadtime compensation circuit coupled to the H-bridge, wherein the deadtime compensation circuit is configured to compensate for deadtime distortion in the output signal. The deadtime compensation circuit may be a feedback circuit between an output of the H-bridge and an input of the pulse width modulator, a pulse modification circuit at the output of the pulse width modulator, or an offset signal generating circuit providing an offset signal to the pulse width modulator.

SUPPLY MODULATION TRANSMITTER WITH SWITCH NETWORK

A power supply modulator circuit includes a multi-output power supply that generates multiple power output signals; at least one power modulator circuit generates a modulated power output signal from the multiple power output signals of the multi-output power supply; at least one pulse shaping network (PSN) having at least one passive element, the PSN configured to shape the modulated power output signal; at least one power amplifier coupled to receive the modulated power signal; and a switching network having a plurality of switches to create or modify power signal paths from the at least one power modulator circuit to the at least one power amplifier.