Invention Grant
US07920027B2 Amplifier design with biasing and power control aspects 有权
具有偏置和功率控制方面的放大器设计

  • Patent Title: Amplifier design with biasing and power control aspects
  • Patent Title (中): 具有偏置和功率控制方面的放大器设计
  • Application No.: US12098936
    Application Date: 2008-04-07
  • Publication No.: US07920027B2
    Publication Date: 2011-04-05
  • Inventor: Arvind Keerti
  • Applicant: Arvind Keerti
  • Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
  • Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
  • Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
  • Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
  • Agent Jiayu Xu
  • Main IPC: H03F3/18
  • IPC: H03F3/18
Amplifier design with biasing and power control aspects
Abstract:
Techniques for biasing an amplifier using a replica circuit are disclosed. In an embodiment, a replica circuit having substantially the same topology and sizing as a push-pull amplifier circuit is coupled to a main push-pull amplifier circuit. A transistor in the replica circuit may be biased using feedback to generate a predetermined DC output voltage level, and such bias level may be applied to a corresponding transistor in the main push-pull amplifier circuit. In another embodiment, a transistor in a current bias module may be used to bias corresponding transistors in the main push-pull amplifier circuit and the replica circuit. Further techniques are disclosed for configuring the amplifier to have a non-uniform step size with finer resolution at lower power levels and coarser resolution at higher power levels to reduce power consumption at lower power levels.
Public/Granted literature
Information query
Patent Agency Ranking
0/0