Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power amplifier protection
- Patent Title (中): 功率放大器保护
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Application No.: US13142029Application Date: 2009-12-11
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Publication No.: US08373507B2Publication Date: 2013-02-12
- Inventor: Mustafa Acar , Mark Pieter van der Heijden , Melina Apostolidou
- Applicant: Mustafa Acar , Mark Pieter van der Heijden , Melina Apostolidou
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP08106041 20081231
- International Application: PCT/IB2009/055687 WO 20091211
- International Announcement: WO2010/076721 WO 20100708
- Main IPC: H02H7/20
- IPC: H02H7/20

Abstract:
A power amplifier, for example a class-E switching power amplifier, and corresponding method, comprising: a plurality of power transistors (16), for example twelve power transistors, providing a partitioned power transistor; and a voltage sensing module (22), comprising for example voltage dividers and inverters, digitally sensing the drain voltage (2) of the partitioned power transistor to control the number of power transistors of the plurality of power transistors (16) that are switched on or off thereby controlling the drain voltage (2) which is varying for example due to antenna mismatch. The power amplifier may further comprise a memory (24) coupled to the voltage sensing module (22) for storing a history of the drain voltage (2), e.g. a history of antenna mismatch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110254630A1 POWER AMPLIFIER PROTECTION Public/Granted day:2011-10-20
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