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- Patent Title: Wireless transmitter having multiple power amplifier drivers (PADs) that are selectively biased to provide substantially linear magnitude and phase responses
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Application No.: US11094758Application Date: 2005-03-31
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Publication No.: US07548733B2Publication Date: 2009-06-16
- Inventor: Meng-An Pan
- Applicant: Meng-An Pan
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H01Q11/12
- IPC: H01Q11/12 ; H04B1/04

Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for enabling a transmitter to have a substantially linear magnitude response and a substantially linear phase response. The transmitter includes first and second power amplifier drivers (PADs) having respective first and second non-linear phase responses. The first non-linear phase response is based on a first bias applied to the first PAD, and the second non-linear phase response is based on a second bias applied to the second PAD. The first and second PADs are coupled in parallel to provide a combined substantially linear phase response. According to an embodiment, the first and second PADs have respective first and second average input capacitances. Signal swings about the first and second biases vary the respective first and second average input capacitances, which may be combined to provide a combined average input capacitance that is substantially insensitive to the signal swings about the first and second biases.
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