A reconfigurable amplifier includes a first transistor having a gate coupled to an input of the reconfigurable amplifier, and a source coupled to a ground. The reconfigurable amplifier also includes a gate control circuit, and a second transistor having a gate coupled to the gate control circuit, a source coupled to a drain of the first transistor, and a drain coupled to an output of the reconfigurable amplifier, wherein the gate control circuit is configured to output a bias voltage to the gate of the second transistor in a cascode mode, and output a switch voltage to the gate of the second transistor in a non-cascode mode. The reconfigurable amplifier further includes a load coupled to the output of the reconfigurable amplifier.

A common-source differential power amplifier comprises a compensation circuit, which comprises a first and a second compensation transistors and two signal terminals, a source and a drain of the first compensation transistor are short-circuited and connected to a gate of the second compensation transistor and one signal terminal of the compensation circuit, the source and the drain of the second compensation transistor are short-circuited and connected to the gate of the first compensation transistor and the other signal terminal of the compensation circuit, the two signal terminals of the compensation circuit are further respectively connected to two differential signal input terminals of the common-source differential power amplifier directly or via a capacitor, where the first and second compensation transistors in the same compensation circuit are both NMOS transistors or both PMOS transistors. An electronic device including the power amplifier is also disclosed.

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.

Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses and methods to generate a first signal representing modulation data and a second signal representing an amplitude of the modulation data, the first signal and the second signal to depend on an output signal and vary a power supply voltage to a gain stage in proportion to the amplitude of the modulation data.

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a communication processor, a radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit (RFIC) configured to receive a signal output from the communication processor and to modulate the signal into an RF signal, a power management circuit, a first power amplifier configured to amplify an RF signal output from the RFIC based on power supplied from the power management circuit, a second power amplifier configured to amplify the RF signal output from the RFIC based on the power supplied from the power management circuit, at least one capacitor connected in parallel to a power supply terminal of the first power amplifier, and at least one switch connected between the power supply terminal and the at least one capacitor, wherein the communication processor is configured to: identify a power amplification mode based a frequency band of the RF signal, and control the at least one switch by outputting a control signal corresponding to the identified power amplification mode.

A power amplifier circuit includes a first power supply terminal electrically connected to a first power amplifier; a second power supply terminal electrically connected to a second power amplifier subsequent to the first power amplifier; a first external power supply line configured to electrically connect a power supply circuit configured to output a power supply potential corresponding to an amplitude level of a high-frequency input signal and the first power supply terminal; and a second external power supply line configured to electrically connect the power supply circuit and the second power supply terminal. An inductance value of the first external power supply line is higher than an inductance value of the second external power supply line.

A system for adjusting various parameters of an active electronic component based on sensed characteristics of the active electronic component and/or characteristics of the input or output power.

A first module is configured to, based on an input sample, determine a first duty cycle. A second module is configured to, based on a battery voltage and the first duty cycle, determine a second duty cycle. A third module is configured to: set a scalar value based on at least one of a battery current, an amplitude of the input sample, the second duty cycle, and an output voltage; and generate a start signal at a rate equal to a predetermined rate multiplied by the scalar value. A fourth module is configured to set a third duty cycle based on the second duty cycle and the scalar value. A fifth module is configured to generate a PWM output based on the start signal and the third duty cycle. A sixth module is configured to apply power to gates of FETs of a voltage converter based on the PWM output.

A multi-stage transimpedance amplifier (TIA) with an adjustable input linear range is disclosed. The TIA includes a first stage, configured to convert a single-ended current signal from an optical sensor of a receiver signal chain to a single-ended voltage signal, and a second stage, configured to convert the single-ended voltage signal provided by the first stage to a differential signal. In such a TIA, the input linear range may be adjusted using a clamp that is programmable with an output offset current to keep the second stage of the TIA from overloading and to maintain a linear transfer function without compression.

A fully-differential two-stage operational amplifier circuit is provided, and it includes a first-stage amplification circuit, a second-stage amplification circuit, a common-mode signal acquisition circuit, a common-mode feedback circuit and a bias circuit. The first-stage amplification circuit has a telescopic structure and receives differential input signals IN.sub.P and IN.sub.N. The second-stage amplification circuit has a common-source structure and outputs differential output signals OUT.sub.P and OUT.sub.N. The common-mode signal acquisition circuit receives differential output signals, and outputs an operational amplifier output common-mode signal V.sub.CMO. The common-mode feedback circuit outputs common-mode feedback signals VB.sub.1 and VB.sub.2 to the first-stage amplifier circuit and the second-stage amplifier circuit respectively; The bias circuit outputs a bias voltage VB.sub.3 to the first-stage amplifier circuit, and outputs bias voltages VB.sub.4 and VB.sub.5 to the first-stage amplifier circuit respectively.