Invention Grant
- 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
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Application No.: US12098936Application Date: 2008-04-07
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Publication No.: US07920027B2Publication 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

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
- US20090251217A1 AMPLIFIER DESIGN WITH BIASING AND POWER CONTROL ASPECTS Public/Granted day:2009-10-08
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