Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for optimizing current consumption of amplifiers with power control
- Patent Title (中): 用功率控制优化放大器电流消耗的方法和装置
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Application No.: US13361865Application Date: 2012-01-30
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Publication No.: US08718581B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Avner Elia
- Applicant: Avner Elia
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Ramin Mobarhan
- Main IPC: H04B1/04
- IPC: H04B1/04 ; H01Q11/12 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F1/56 ; H03F3/191

Abstract:
Apparatus and method for reducing the current consumption and increasing the efficiency of an RF power amplifier (PA), according to which the load, connected to the output stage of the PA, tuned dynamically or statically for each level of the desired output power. By doing so, the output impedance of the output stage is essentially matched, such that the dynamic RF load line has a slope that corresponds to the impedance required to provide this level. Whenever a smaller output power is desired in response to reduction in the input signal to the amplifier, the load is further tuned, such that the dynamic or static RF load line has a slope that causes the power amplifier to essentially remain in saturation at the smaller output power.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120129473A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING CURRENT CONSUMPTION OF AMPLIFIERS WITH POWER CONTROL Public/Granted day:2012-05-24
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