BASE STATION ANTENNAS HAVING TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS THEREIN THAT SUPPORT TIME DIVISION DUPLEXING (TDD) WITH ENHANCED BIAS CONTROL FOR HIGH SPEED SWITCHING

    公开(公告)号:WO2019125761A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-27

    申请号:PCT/US2018/063959

    申请日:2018-12-05

    Abstract: Base station antennas utilize RF transmitters and receivers, which operate with enhanced bias control to achieve very high speed switching during TDD operation. A radio frequency communication circuit for TDD includes a transmit/receive amplifier (e.g., MMIC) having first and second input terminals, which are responsive to a bias control voltage and radio frequency input signal. A bias control circuit is provided, which is electrically coupled to the first input terminal and a current receiving terminal of the transmit/receive amplifier. The bias control circuit includes a closed-loop feedback path between the current receiving terminal and the first input terminal, which is configured to regulate a magnitude of the bias control voltage with high precision to thereby achieve a substantially constant quiescent bias current at the current receiving terminal when the transmit/receive amplifier is enabled.

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