Patent classifications
H03F2203/7206
Power amplification system with envelope-based bias
Disclosed herein are power amplification systems that are dynamically biased based on a signal indicative of an envelope of the signal being amplified. The power amplification systems include a power amplifier configured to amplify an input radio-frequency (RF) signal to generate an output RF signal when biased by a biasing signal. The power amplification systems also include a bias component configured to generate the biasing signal based on an envelope signal indicative of an envelope of the input RF signal. The biasing signal can improve or enhance the linearity of the power amplification systems.
Method and device for controlling power amplification
A method and network equipment for controlling power amplification are disclosed. The method for controlling power amplification includes outputting a voltage signal according to the state of network equipment. When the network equipment is in an idle state, at least one power amplifier transistor is switched off according to a voltage signal.
Source Switched Split LNA
A receiver front end capable of receiving and processing intraband non-contiguous carrier aggregate (CA) signals using multiple low noise amplifiers (LNAs) is disclosed herein. A cascode having a common source configured input FET and a common gate configured output FET can be turned on or off using the gate of the output FET. A first switch is provided that allows a connection to be either established or broken between the source terminal of the input FET of each LNA. Further switches used for switching degeneration inductors, gate capacitors and gate to ground caps for each legs can be used to further improve the matching performance of the invention.
ULTRA COMPACT MULTI-BAND TRANSMITTER WITH ROBUST AM-PM DISTORTION SELF-SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUES
A communication device includes a power amplifier that generates power signals according to one or more operating bands of communication data, with the amplitude being driven and generated in output stages of the power amplifier. The final stage can include an output passive network that suppresses suppress an amplitude modulation-to-phase modulation (AM-PM) distortion. During a back-off power mode a bias of a capacitive unit of the output power network component can be adjusted to minimize an overall capacitance variation. A output passive network can further generate a flat-phase response between dual resonances of operation.
POWER AMPLIFIER
A power amplifier includes a first power transistor configured to amplify an input radio-frequency (RF) signal, and output the amplified input RF signal as an output RF signal; a first transistor including a first terminal configured to provide a first bias current to the first power transistor; and a first linearizing circuit connected between a terminal of the first power transistor from which the output RF signal is output and the first terminal of the first transistor and configured to couple a portion of the output RF signal to the first terminal of the first transistor.
Wideband adaptive bias circuits for power amplifiers
Methods and apparatus for providing adaptive biasing to power amplifiers. Adaptive bias circuits are configured to provide sharp turn on and/or current clamping to improve the efficiency of a power amplifier over a wide input signal bandwidth. Sharp turn on may be achieved using a subtraction technique to subtract outputs from multiple detectors. Clamping may be achieved using MOSFET device characteristics to pull the device from the triode region into the saturation, subtraction techniques to subtract the outputs from multiple detectors, and/or by using circuit devices, such as diodes.
TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER AND PHASE SHIFTER
A transconductance amplifier is provided with: a cross-coupled differential pair (31) having one set of differential pair transistors in which signals whose polarities are opposite to each other are inputted to gates thereof, drains of one of the differential pair transistors being connected to drains of another one of the differential pair transistors, and a control circuit (32) comprised of logical circuits, for outputting a binary signal to the common source of each of the differential pair transistors on the basis of an output-level control signal and a polarity control signal which are inputted thereto.
SINUSOIDAL EXCITATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-POLE ACOUSTIC LOGGING WHILE DRILLING
In an apparatus for multi-pole acoustic logging while drilling, a N-cycle sinusoidal wave signal is generated by utilizing a signal processor, and amplified into a high-voltage sinusoidal excitation signal by utilizing a power amplifier, and output to a transmitting transducer. The signal processor simultaneously generates an enable signal. The enable signal includes a transient discharge enable signal. The power amplifier is connected with a transient discharge circuit. After the signal processor generates N cycles of a sinusoidal wave, the transient discharge enable signal enables the transient discharge circuit to discharge to release an energy storage current of a power transformer so as to eliminate a high-voltage ringing effect and improve an excitation efficiency of the transducer.
FRONT END CIRCUIT
A front end circuit includes a bypass circuit comprising a first bypass switch and a second bypass switch configured to bypass a signal to a first terminal according to switching operations of the first bypass switch and the second bypass switch; and an amplifier connected in parallel to the bypass circuit and configured to amplify the signal.
Front end circuit
A front end circuit includes a bypass circuit comprising a first bypass switch and a second bypass switch configured to bypass a signal to a first terminal according to switching operations of the first bypass switch and the second bypass switch; and an amplifier connected in parallel to the bypass circuit and configured to amplify the signal.