Abstract:
A power amplifier includes a power transistor configured to amplify an input radio-frequency (RF) signal, and a bias circuit configured to provide a bias current to the power transistor, and in a first power mode, detect a first signal corresponding to a first level or more in the input RF signal and generate the bias current corresponding to the first signal, or detect a second signal corresponding to a second level or less in the input RF signal and generate the bias current corresponding to the second signal, and in a second power mode, detect a third signal corresponding to a third level or more in the input RF signal and generate the bias current corresponding to the third signal, or detect a fourth signal corresponding to a fourth level or less in the input RF signal and generate the bias current corresponding to the fourth signal.
Abstract:
A power supply switch circuit includes a switch circuit including a first switch configured to switch a first power source voltage to a power supply terminal of a power amplifier, and a second switch configured to switch a second power source voltage to the power supply terminal; a switch controller configured to control the switch circuit; and a power supply circuit configured to supply a third power source voltage to the power supply terminal when a first voltage of the power supply terminal is lower than a predetermined second voltage.
Abstract:
A voltage generation circuit having a temperature compensation function includes a first voltage generation circuit, a second voltage generation circuit, an output voltage control circuit, and a voltage selection circuit. The first voltage generation circuit is configured to generate a first voltage having a zero temperature coefficient, determined in response to a first control signal. The second voltage generation circuit is configured to generate a second voltage having a positive temperature coefficient, determined in response to a second control signal. The output voltage control circuit is configured to control an output of one of the first voltage and the second voltage in response to an operating mode. The voltage selection circuit is configured to select the first voltage or the second voltage in response to the output voltage control circuit.
Abstract:
An overcurrent protection circuit includes a variable voltage source configured to generate a first voltage which that in response to a variable current; an amplifier comprising a first input terminal to which the first voltage is applied; and a limit current source connected to a second input terminal of the amplifier and configured to generate a limit current corresponding to the first voltage.
Abstract:
A power supply switch circuit is disclosed. The power supply switch circuit includes a first switch configured to switch a supply of a first power supply voltage to a power supply terminal of a power amplifier; and a switch driving circuit including a first transistor configured to turn on the first switch, and a second transistor configured to turn off the first switch. The switch driving circuit may further include a first resistor that is positioned on a turn-on path formed between the first transistor and the first switch when the first transistor is turned on.
Abstract:
A power source switch circuit and an operation method thereof are provided. The power source switch circuit may include a switch circuit that includes a first switch configured switch a supply of a voltage from a first power supply circuit to a power supply terminal of a power amplifier, and a second switch configured to switch a supply of a voltage from a second power supply circuit to the power supply terminal of the power amplifier; and a switch controller configured to control the switch circuit to set the first switch and the second switch in a turned-on state during a first period when the first switch is turned off and the second switch is turned on.
Abstract:
A power amplifier apparatus includes: an amplifier configured to amplify an input signal; a sensing circuit connected to the amplifier and configured to sense a bias of the amplifier; and a biasing circuit connected to the sensing circuit and configured to provide a biasing current to the amplifier, wherein the sensing circuit is configured to change the biasing current based on the bias of the amplifier.
Abstract:
There are provided a series inductor array implemented as a single winding capable of decreasing a layout area for providing a plurality of inductors, and a filter including the same, the series inductor array including a winding structure having both ends, and one or more terminal parts electrically connected to a region between the both ends of the winding structure to form an external electrical connection, wherein the winding structure has a structure in which a plurality of inductors having inductance formed in regions of the winding structure disposed between the both ends thereof and the terminal parts or between the terminal parts are connected in series.
Abstract:
A power supply switch circuit includes a first switch configured to supply a first power supply voltage to a power supply terminal of a power amplifier, a control voltage generator configured to compare a first voltage of the power supply terminal with a predetermined first reference voltage to generate a first control voltage higher than the first power supply voltage, and a switch controller configured to use the first control voltage to generate a switching driving signal controlling the first switch.
Abstract:
A power supply switch circuit includes a first transistor that switches supplying of a first power supply voltage to a power supply terminal of a power amplifier, a switch controller that controls the first transistor and to which a second power supply voltage is applied, and a voltage selector that selects a higher voltage among the first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage. The selected higher voltage is applied to a body terminal of the first transistor or a gate terminal of the first transistor.