Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radiofrequency signal power amplification method and device
- Patent Title (中): 射频信号功率放大方法及装置
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Application No.: US12841803Application Date: 2010-07-22
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Publication No.: US08242845B2Publication Date: 2012-08-14
- Inventor: Didier Belot , Laurent Leyssenne , Eric Kerherve , Yann Deval
- Applicant: Didier Belot , Laurent Leyssenne , Eric Kerherve , Yann Deval
- Applicant Address: FR Montrouge
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
- Current Assignee Address: FR Montrouge
- Agency: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.
- Priority: FR0955197 20090724
- Main IPC: H03G3/10
- IPC: H03G3/10

Abstract:
A radiofrequency signal power amplification circuit may include a signal input for receiving the radiofrequency signal, an amplification stage coupled to the signal input and having at least one power transistor, a biasing stage for delivering a bias voltage to the amplification stage, and a processing stage. The processing stage may include a processing input coupled to the signal input, a processing output for delivering a bias current modulated at least in amplitude to the biasing stage, and an amplitude modulator coupled between the processing input and the processing output and configured to determine an envelope signal representative of the envelope of the radiofrequency signal, for modulating the amplitude of the envelope signal based on a variable voltage setpoint and for generating the amplitude-modulated bias current based on the modulated envelope signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110018637A1 RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNAL POWER AMPLIFICATION METHOD AND DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-01-27
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