摘要:
Apparatus and methods are described for biasing amplifiers with multiple outputs. A semiconductor die (100) may include a reference Field Effect Transistor (FET) (112) integrated on the semiconductor die and coupled to an amplifier (116) integrated on the semiconductor die. A voltage offset circuit (114) may also be integrated on the semiconductor die (100) for determining the voltage needed to operate the amplifier (116).
摘要:
Techniques to improve low noise amplifiers (LNAs) with noise canceling are described. LNA includes a first (24) and a second (26) amplifier which work together to noise cancel the noise generated at an input stage circuit (22). The input stage circuit (22) receives an RF signal and is characterized by a first node and a second node. The first amplifier (24) converts a noise voltage at the first node into a first noise current at an output (220) of the first amplifier (24). The second amplifier (26) is directly coupled to the output of the first amplifier and provides noise canceling by summing the first noise current with a second noise current generated by the second amplifier as a function of the noise voltage at the second node. The proposed techniques eliminate the need for large ac coupling capacitors and reduce the die size occupied by the LNA.
摘要:
A vacuum tube amplification system includes: a first power circuit electrically connected to utility power alternating voltage to transform it into a first DC voltage; a first vacuum tube amplification load circuit having a first grounding end, the first vacuum tube amplification load circuit using the first DC voltage as operating voltage; a second power circuit electrically connected to the utility power alternating voltage to transform it into a second DC voltage and output the second DC voltage; and a second vacuum tube amplification load circuit having a second grounding end, the second vacuum tube amplification load circuit using the second DC voltage as operating voltage. The first grounding end is not directly electrically connected to the second grounding end, the first grounding end and the second grounding end are each electrically connected to a compliance ground of the utility power alternating voltage through a jumper-wire zero-ohm resistor.
摘要:
A system and method of improving the power efficiency of a receiver with a low noise amplifier (LNA) for low duty cycle applications. A bias voltage generating apparatus is provided that uses a residual voltage from a prior operation to establish the current bias voltage for the LNA. In particular, the apparatus includes a controller adapted to tune an adjustable capacitor to a capacitance based on a residual voltage applied to a fixed capacitor, and couple the capacitors together to establish the bias voltage.
摘要:
Method and apparatus contemplate: an output transformer (T108) having at least first (112A) and second (112B) separate primary windings and at least one secondary winding (114), each winding including a first (in phase) end and a second (out of phase) end; at least first and second active elements (104A,104B), each having at least a pair of power terminals and a control terminal, one power terminal of each active element being coupled to a common node; and a switching circuit (106) operable to change a circuit configuration of the first and second primary windings and the active elements between a class A mode and a class A/B mode.
摘要:
A power supply apparatus and method for a power amplifier are disclosed. The power supply apparatus includes: a redundant circuit configured to supply an input voltage to a power-off holding circuit after performing redundancy on an output voltage of a first power circuit and an output voltage of a second power circuit, and to supply an input voltage to a gate voltage circuit after performing redundancy on the output voltage of the first power circuit and an output voltage of the power-off holding circuit; a power-off holding circuit configured to provide power-off energy holding and power-off delay to a gate voltage output by the gate voltage circuit; a detection and control circuit configured to inspect the power-off holding circuit during a power-on process, to detect a voltage of the power-off holding circuit and a voltage of the gate voltage circuit during a normal operation and a power-off process, and to realize, by enable control of an enable circuit, where a detection result satisfies a judgment condition, that power-on of the gate voltage is earlier than power-on of a drain voltage and that power-off of the gate voltage is later than power-off of the drain voltage.
摘要:
Method and apparatus contemplate: an output transformer (T108) having at least first (112A) and second (112B) separate primary windings and at least one secondary winding (114), each winding including a first (in phase) end and a second (out of phase) end; at least first and second active elements (104A,104B), each having at least a pair of power terminals and a control terminal, one power terminal of each active element being coupled to a common node; and a switching circuit (106) operable to change a circuit configuration of the first and second primary windings and the active elements between a class A mode and a class A/B mode.