TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIER
    23.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230238930A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-27

    申请号:US17648897

    申请日:2022-01-25

    Abstract: A transimpedance amplifier (TIA) for converting an input current at an input node into an output voltage at an output node, the TIA comprising: a first amplifier stage having a first input coupled to the input node and a first output; a feedback path between the first output and the first input; a second amplifier stage in the feedback path having a second input, the second input coupled to the first output of the first amplifier stage; a feedback resistor in the feedback path coupled between an output of the second amplifier stage and first input of the first amplifier stage; and an output stage, comprising: a load resistor coupled between a reference voltage node and a T-coil, the T-coil comprising first and second inductors coupled in series at an inductor node, the T-coil coupled between the first output and the load resistor, the inductor node coupled to the output node of the TIA.

    Gain Reduction Techniques for Radio-frequency Amplifiers

    公开(公告)号:US20230231522A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US17580128

    申请日:2022-01-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a processor, a transceiver, an antenna, and a front-end module coupled between the transceiver and the antenna. The front-end module may include one or more radio-frequency amplifiers for amplifying a radio-frequency signal. The radio-frequency amplifier may include input transistors cross-coupled with capacitance neutralization transistors and/or coupled to cascode transistors. One or more n-type gain adjustment transistors may be coupled to source terminals of the capacitance neutralization transistors. One or more p-type gain adjustment transistors may be coupled to source terminals of the cascode transistors. One or more processors in the electronic device can selectively activate one or more of the gain adjustment transistors to reduce the gain of the radio-frequency amplifier without degrading noise performance and without altering the in-band frequency response of the radio-frequency amplifier.

    INTEGRATED DIRECTIONAL COUPLER FOR BROADBAND AMPLIFIER

    公开(公告)号:US20230170861A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US18057597

    申请日:2022-11-21

    Abstract: Systems and methods that integrate a directional coupling function with directivity that does not have output loss are disclosed. For example, a power amplifier circuit arrangement includes an input terminal to receive an input signal; amplifier circuitry including a first amplifier stage, a second amplifier stage, and a virtual ground node, where an input of the first amplifier stage is coupled to the input terminal, an output of the first amplifier stage is coupled to an input of the second amplifier stage via the virtual ground node, and an output of the second amplifier stage is coupled to the input of the first amplifier stage via feedback circuitry; an output terminal coupled to the output of the second amplifier stage, the output terminal to output an amplified signal; and a directional coupler terminal coupled to the virtual ground node.

    OPTIMIZATION OF AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL FOR NARROW BANDWIDTH OPERATION
    30.
    发明申请
    OPTIMIZATION OF AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL FOR NARROW BANDWIDTH OPERATION 有权
    自动增益控制优化用于窄带带宽运算

    公开(公告)号:US20160308564A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-20

    申请号:US14825141

    申请日:2015-08-12

    Abstract: The gain of an amplifier in a receiver operating in a cellular communication system is controlled by determining one or more gain variability metrics, which are then used to produce first and second threshold values. A frequency difference between a current carrier frequency and a target carrier frequency is ascertained and then compared to the threshold values. Target gain setting production is based on comparison results: If the frequency difference is larger than the first threshold, a full automatic gain control algorithm is performed; if the frequency difference is smaller than the first threshold and larger than the second threshold, an optimized automatic gain control algorithm is performed, wherein the optimized automatic gain control algorithm uses a current gain setting as a starting point; and if the frequency difference is smaller than both the first and second thresholds, the current gain setting is used as the target gain setting.

    Abstract translation: 通过确定一个或多个增益变异性度量来控制在蜂窝通信系统中操作的接收机中的放大器的增益,然后将其用于产生第一和第二阈值。 确定当前载波频率和目标载波频率之间的频率差,然后与阈值进行比较。 目标增益设置生产是基于比较结果:如果频差大于第一阈值,则执行全自动增益控制算法; 如果频率差小于第一阈值并且大于第二阈值,则执行优化的自动增益控制算法,其中优化的自动增益控制算法使用电流增益设置作为起点; 并且如果频率差小于第一和第二阈值,则将当前增益设置用作目标增益设置。

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