Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transformer or inductor sharing in a radio frequency amplifier and method therefor
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Application No.: US16047176Application Date: 2018-07-27
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Publication No.: US10680560B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Chih-Hao Sun , Po-Yun Hsiao , Chin-Yen Chao , Yi-Bin Lee
- Applicant: MediaTek, Inc.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
- Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Optimus Patents US, LLC
- Main IPC: H03G3/30
- IPC: H03G3/30 ; H03F1/08 ; H03F3/195 ; H03F1/02 ; H04B1/04 ; H03F3/72 ; H03F3/21 ; H03F3/193 ; H03F1/18 ; H03F3/24

Abstract:
A communication unit includes a plurality of parallel radio frequency, RF, signal paths. Located between a first RF signal path of the plurality of parallel RF signal paths comprising at least one first RF amplifier and a second signal path comprising at least one second RF amplifier is one of a shared inductor or shared transformer. The at least one first RF amplifier is coupled to a supply voltage via a first switch and at least one second RF amplifier is coupled to the supply voltage via a second switch, and the first switch is closed that provides the supply voltage to the at least one second RF amplifier whilst the second switch is opened.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190068128A1 TRANSFORMER OR INDUCTOR SHARING IN A RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER AND METHOD THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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