Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Biasing of cascode power amplifiers for multiple power supply domains
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Application No.: US17655911Application Date: 2022-03-22
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Publication No.: US11671136B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Bang Li Liang , Thomas Obkircher , Guillaume Alexandre Blin
- Applicant: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: H04B1/40
- IPC: H04B1/40 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F3/24

Abstract:
Cascode power amplifier bias circuits suitable for operating across multiple power supply domains are provided. In certain embodiments, a power amplifier system includes a cascode power amplifier and a multi-domain bias circuit that generates at least a first cascode bias voltage for the cascode power amplifier. The multi-domain bias circuit includes a coarse regulator that generates a regulated voltage based on a power supply voltage that is operable with multiple voltage levels associated with different power supply domains, a bandgap reference circuit that is powered by the regulated voltage and outputs a bandgap reference voltage, a bias voltage generator that generates multiple selectable bias voltages based on the bandgap reference voltage, and a bias voltage selector that chooses the first cascode bias voltage from amongst the selectable bias voltages.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220278707A1 BIASING OF CASCODE POWER AMPLIFIERS FOR MULTIPLE POWER SUPPLY DOMAINS Public/Granted day:2022-09-01
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