Patent classifications
H03F3/3432
Charge pump-based split-rail supply generation
A charge pump circuit having first and second input nodes to be coupled to a first power source, and top and bottom output nodes and an intermediate node. The charge pump circuit produces i) a voltage at the top output node that is higher than a voltage of the intermediate node, and ii) a voltage at the bottom output node that is lower than the voltage of the intermediate node. A bias voltage source has i) an input that is to be coupled to a second power source and ii) an output that produces an output voltage, which is a predetermined proportion of an input voltage at the input and that follows the input voltage downward and upward as the input voltage sags and recovers, respectively. The output of the bias voltage source is directly connected to the intermediate node of the output stage. Other embodiments are also described.
Power amplifier circuit and differential power amplifier circuit
A first transistor having a base or a gate supplied with a high-frequency signal through a capacitor, and supplied with a bias current through a resistive element, a second transistor having a base or a gate connected to an emitter or a source of the first transistor, and a collector or a drain connected to an output terminal, and a third transistor having a collector or a drain connected to the base or the gate of the first transistor, and an emitter or a source connected to reference potential are provided, and the third transistor is provided such that a current flowing through the collector or the drain of the third transistor increases when a current flowing through the collector or the drain of the second transistor increases.