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- Patent Title: Stacked segmented power amplifier circuitry and a method for controlling a stacked segmented power amplifier circuitry
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Application No.: US16788696Application Date: 2020-02-12
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Publication No.: US11223329B2Publication Date: 2022-01-11
- Inventor: Aritra Banerjee , Pierre Wambacq
- Applicant: IMEC USA NANOELECTRONICS DESIGN CENTER, Inc. , IMEC VZW
- Applicant Address: US FL Kissimmee; BE Leuven
- Assignee: IMEC USA NANOELECTRONICS DESIGN CENTER, Inc.,IMEC VZW
- Current Assignee: IMEC USA NANOELECTRONICS DESIGN CENTER, Inc.,IMEC VZW
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Kissimmee; BE Leuven
- Agency: Moser Taboada
- Main IPC: H03F1/22
- IPC: H03F1/22 ; H03F1/30 ; H03F3/213 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F1/32 ; H03F3/45 ; H03G3/30

Abstract:
A power amplifier circuitry (100) comprises: a transistor stack (110) comprising at least two stacked transistor units (112A, 112B, 112C) for amplifying input signals; wherein each stacked transistor unit (112A, 112B, 112C) comprises a plurality of controllable segments (120-1 to 120-N, 130-1 to 130-N, 140-1 to 140-N), each comprising a segment transistor (122, 132, 142), wherein source terminals (123, 133, 143) within each transistor unit are connected, drain terminals (125, 135, 145) within each transistor unit are connected and gate terminals (124, 134, 144) within each transistor unit are connected, wherein each segment transistor (122, 132, 142) further comprises a back gate terminal (126, 136, 146) for setting a body bias, wherein at least two of the segment transistors (122, 132, 142) within each transistor unit have independently connected back gate terminals (126, 136, 146); and a control unit (190) configured to control the body bias for selecting an amplifier class of each of the controllable segments (120-1 to 120-N, 130-1 to 130-N, 140-1 to 140-N) of each of the stacked transistor units (112A, 112B, 112C).
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