Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transmit digital to analog converter (DAC) spur attenuation
- Patent Title (中): 发送数模转换器(DAC)杂散衰减
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Application No.: US14628996Application Date: 2015-02-23
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Publication No.: US09379727B1Publication Date: 2016-06-28
- Inventor: Dongwon Seo , Yang You , Honghao Ji , Tongyu Song , Ganesh Saripalli , Shahin Mehdizad Taleie
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Loza & Loza LLP
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; H03M1/70 ; H04B1/04 ; G05F3/18 ; G05F1/56 ; H03M1/00 ; H03M1/74 ; G05F1/575 ; H02M3/156

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for attenuating transmit digital to analog converter (DAC) spurs is provided. The method begins when a reference voltage is injected into an amplifier. Next, an output of the ground low drop-out regulator is measured and is them compared with the reference voltage. The output of the amplifier is then adjusted based on the results of the comparison. If the reference voltage is higher then the output of the ground low drop-out regulator the output of the amplifier is adjusted to ground. If the reference voltage is lower than the output of the ground low drop-out regulator then the output of the amplifier is adjusted to match the reference voltage.
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