Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage protection circuit to prevent power amplifier burnout, and electronic device having the same
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Application No.: US16832495Application Date: 2020-03-27
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Publication No.: US11211955B2Publication Date: 2021-12-28
- Inventor: Hyunseok Choi , Jooseung Kim , Namjun Cho , Hyoseok Na
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2019-0036993 20190329
- Main IPC: H04B1/04
- IPC: H04B1/04 ; H03F3/24

Abstract:
Disclosed is a voltage protection circuit for preventing power amplifier burnout in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a power amplifier (PA) configured to amplify a transmission signal, a switch configured to set a path of a signal outputted from the PA, a bias control circuit configured to control the supply of a bias current driving the PA, and a voltage protection circuit configured to provide a main control signal for turning off the PA earlier than turning off the switch based on a battery voltage providing a driving power of the electronic device, and forward the main control signal to the bias control circuit, wherein, in response to receiving the main control signal instructing to turn off the PA from the voltage protection circuit, the bias control unit stops the supply of the bias current driving the PA.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200313703A1 VOLTAGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT TO PREVENT POWER AMPLIFIER BURNOUT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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