Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bias boosting circuit for amplifier
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Application No.: US15783375Application Date: 2017-10-13
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Publication No.: US10340852B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Sifen Luo , Scott Kent Suko , Jose M. Acevedo , Macarious Salib
- Applicant: Sifen Luo , Scott Kent Suko , Jose M. Acevedo , Macarious Salib
- Applicant Address: US VA Falls Church
- Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Falls Church
- Agency: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP
- Main IPC: H03F1/30
- IPC: H03F1/30 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F1/56 ; H01L29/778 ; H03F3/195

Abstract:
An amplification system can include a bias booster circuit and an amplifier that amplifies an input signal to drive a load. The bias boosting circuit can include a negative bias booster that applies a charge to an input node of the amplifier in response to a negative half-cycle of the input signal that exceeds a boost threshold level. The bias boosting circuit can also include a positive bias booster that discharges the input node of the amplifier during a positive half-cycle of the input signal that exceeds the boost threshold level. The discharging by the positive bias booster is slower than the charging by the negative bias booster to induce a bias voltage increase from a quiescent bias voltage on the input node of the amplifier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190115871A1 BIAS BOOSTING CIRCUIT FOR AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2019-04-18
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