Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Switched amplifier
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Application No.: US15816278Application Date: 2017-11-17
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Publication No.: US10547279B2Publication Date: 2020-01-28
- Inventor: Gavin Watkins
- Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Applicant Address: JP Minato-ku
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Minato-ku
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: H03F3/217
- IPC: H03F3/217 ; H03F3/72 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F1/56 ; H03F3/193

Abstract:
An amplifier for amplifying radio frequency signals comprising: a signal splitter configured to split an input radio frequency signal into two or more signals; and two or more switching power amplifiers. Each of the switching power amplifiers is configured to amplify a respective signal of the two or more signals using an active device and output a respective amplified signal at a respective output terminal of the switching power amplifier when the switching power amplifier is activated. Each of the two or more switching power amplifiers has a different maximum output power. The amplifier further comprises: an output node connected to each of the output terminals of the switching power amplifiers to combine the amplified signals and output a combined amplified signal; and control circuitry configured to issue control signal to control bias voltages provided to a gate of each of the active devices of the switching power amplifier to selectively activate and deactivate the active devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190158047A1 SWITCHED AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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