Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gain stabilization for supply modulated RF and microwave integrated circuits
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Application No.: US16191053Application Date: 2018-11-14
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Publication No.: US10673400B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Gregor Lasser , Zorana Popovic
- Applicant: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
- Applicant Address: US CO Denver
- Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body
- Current Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Denver
- Agency: Macheledt Bales LLP
- Agent Jennifer L. Bales
- Main IPC: H03G3/30
- IPC: H03G3/30 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F3/21 ; H03F3/193

Abstract:
Biasing circuitry for RF and microwave integrated circuits keeps the quiescent current of a power amplifier integrated circuit constant when operated with a time-varying DC supply voltage. A dynamic gate bias circuit includes an on-chip sense transistor and control circuitry to keep current of the sense transistor substantially constant by varying sense transistor bias voltage to compensate for variation in the time-varying supply voltage signal. The varying bias voltage is then applied to the amplifying transistors of the power amplifier, resulting in their quiescent current being substantially independent of the time-varying supply voltage.
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