Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High frequency power amplifier and operating method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 高频功率放大器及其操作方法
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Application No.: US13029184Application Date: 2011-02-17
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Publication No.: US08183925B2Publication Date: 2012-05-22
- Inventor: Ikuma Ohta , Norio Hayashi , Takayuki Tsutsui , Fuminori Morisawa , Masatoshi Hase
- Applicant: Ikuma Ohta , Norio Hayashi , Takayuki Tsutsui , Fuminori Morisawa , Masatoshi Hase
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Mattingly & Malur, PC
- Priority: JP2010-041615 20100226
- Main IPC: H03G3/10
- IPC: H03G3/10

Abstract:
A high-frequency power amplifier which can reduce a variation of power gain due to the dependence on gate length of a power amplification field effect transistor is provided. The high-frequency power amplifier comprises, over a semiconductor chip, a bias control circuit, a bias transistor and an amplification transistor which are coupled so as to configure a current mirror circuit, and a gate length monitor circuit comprising a replicating transistor. The amplification transistor amplifies an RF signal and a bias current of the bias control circuit is supplied to the bias transistor. The transistors are fabricated by the same semiconductor manufacturing process, and have the same variation of gate length. The gate length monitor circuit generates a detection voltage depending on the gate length. According to the detection voltage, the bias control circuit controls the bias current, thereby compensating the gate length dependence of transconductance of the amplification transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110210795A1 HIGH FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2011-09-01
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