Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for power amplifiers with an injection-locked oscillator driver stage
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Application No.: US15584463Application Date: 2017-05-02
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Publication No.: US10171053B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Yasser Khairat Soliman
- Applicant: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA Woburn
- Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Woburn
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: H03F3/72
- IPC: H03F3/72 ; H03B5/08 ; H03G3/20 ; H03B9/12 ; H03B5/12 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F3/193 ; H03F3/24 ; H03G3/30

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for power amplifiers with an injection-locked oscillator driver stage are provided herein. In certain configurations, a multi-mode power amplifier includes a driver stage implemented using an injection-locked oscillator and an output stage having an adjustable supply voltage that changes based on a mode of the multi-mode power amplifier. By implementing the multi-mode power amplifier in this manner, the multi-mode power amplifier exhibits excellent efficiency, including when the voltage level of the adjustable supply voltage is relatively low.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170324388A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR POWER AMPLIFIERS WITH AN INJECTION-LOCKED OSCILLATOR DRIVER STAGE Public/Granted day:2017-11-09
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