VOLTAGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT TO PREVENT POWER AMPLIFIER BURNOUT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220116060A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17561101

    申请日:2021-12-23

    IPC分类号: H04B1/04 H03F3/24

    摘要: Disclosed is a voltage protection circuit for preventing power amplifier burnout in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a power amplifier (PA) configured to amplify a transmission signal, a switch configured to set a path of a signal outputted from the PA, a bias control circuit configured to control the supply of a bias current driving the PA, and a voltage protection circuit configured to provide a main control signal for turning off the PA earlier than turning off the switch based on a battery voltage providing a driving power of the electronic device, and forward the main control signal to the bias control circuit, wherein, in response to receiving the main control signal instructing to turn off the PA from the voltage protection circuit, the bias control unit stops the supply of the bias current driving the PA.

    PROTECTION CIRCUIT IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220337200A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-20

    申请号:US17263044

    申请日:2020-10-30

    IPC分类号: H03F1/52 H03F3/24 H02H3/087

    摘要: An electronic device and method thereof of are provided to prevent burnout due to overcurrent. An electronic device includes a power amplifier configured to amplify a transmission signal; a battery configured to provide a bias voltage to the at least one power amplifier; and an overcurrent protection circuit configured to prevent overcurrent from flowing through the power amplifier. The overcurrent protection circuit includes a configurer configured to configure a reference current value, based on the power amplifier; a measurer configured to measure a bias current value due to the bias voltage; a comparator configured to compare the measured bias current value with the reference current value; and a controller configured to recognize overcurrent flowing through the power amplifier and control provision of the bias voltage, based on a result of the comparison.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING VOLTAGE TO AMPLIFIER USING MULTIPLE LINEAR REGULATORS

    公开(公告)号:US20210159590A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-27

    申请号:US17102955

    申请日:2020-11-24

    IPC分类号: H01Q1/40 H03F3/195 G05F1/46

    摘要: Various embodiments disclose a method and a device. The device includes: an antenna; a switching regulator; a communication chip including an amplifier, a first linear regulator operably connected to the amplifier and the switching regulator and configured to be supplied with a first voltage from the switching regulator, and a second linear regulator operably connected to the amplifier and the switching regulator and configured to be supplied with a second voltage higher than the first voltage from the switching regulator, the communication chip configured to transmit a radio-frequency signal outside of the electronic device through the antenna; and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to produce an envelope of an input signal input to the amplifier in connection with the radio-frequency signal and to provide the produced envelope to at least one of the first linear regulator or the second linear regulator. The first linear regulator is configured to provide a third voltage corresponding to the envelope to the amplifier using the first voltage based on the envelope having a voltage in a first range. The second linear regulator is configured to provide a fourth voltage higher than the third voltage to the amplifier using the second voltage based on the voltage of the envelope being in a second range including values larger than values included in the first range.