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- Patent Title: Supply modulator, power amplifier having the same, method for controlling the same, and method for controlling the power amplifier
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Application No.: US16972909Application Date: 2019-06-06
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Publication No.: US11218122B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Joseph Sylvester Chang , Tong Ge , Huiqiao He , Linfei Guo
- Applicant: Nanyang Technological University
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Nanyang Technological University
- Current Assignee: Nanyang Technological University
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Priority: SG10201804846Y 20180607
- International Application: PCT/SG2019/050289 WO 20190606
- International Announcement: WO2019/236009 WO 20191212
- Main IPC: H03G3/20
- IPC: H03G3/20 ; H03F3/217 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F3/193

Abstract:
A supply modulator is provided, having a first amplifier circuit configured to generate a first electrical signal, a second amplifier circuit configured to generate a second electrical signal, the first and second electrical signals being for driving an electrical load, and a control circuit electrically coupled to the first and second amplifier circuits wherein the control circuit is configured to generate a pulsed electrical signal and to supply an output control signal to the second amplifier circuit for controlling generation of the second electrical output signal, wherein the supply modulator is configured to operate in two modes of operation, for the first amplifier circuit to generate the first electrical signals in response to quiescent current of the first amplifier circuit, for the control circuit to generate a modulated electrical signal in accordance with a clock signal in one mode, and, for the second amplifier circuit to operate.
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