RADIO FREQUENCY LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230370029A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US18359718

    申请日:2023-07-26

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a programmable input impedance circuit for a radio frequency (RF) low noise amplifier (LNA) including a high impedance mode circuit and a low impedance mode circuit. The high impedance mode circuit includes an inductor-degenerated transconductor transistor, an inductor selectively coupled between a source of the inductor-degenerated transconductor transistor and a ground, and a capacitor coupled between a gate of the inductor-degenerated transconductor transistor and the source of the inductor-degenerated transconductor transistor. The low impedance mode circuit includes a shunt resistor selectively coupled between an RF input source and an alternating current (AC) ground.

    Gain Reduction Techniques for Radio-frequency Amplifiers

    公开(公告)号:US20230231522A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US17580128

    申请日:2022-01-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a processor, a transceiver, an antenna, and a front-end module coupled between the transceiver and the antenna. The front-end module may include one or more radio-frequency amplifiers for amplifying a radio-frequency signal. The radio-frequency amplifier may include input transistors cross-coupled with capacitance neutralization transistors and/or coupled to cascode transistors. One or more n-type gain adjustment transistors may be coupled to source terminals of the capacitance neutralization transistors. One or more p-type gain adjustment transistors may be coupled to source terminals of the cascode transistors. One or more processors in the electronic device can selectively activate one or more of the gain adjustment transistors to reduce the gain of the radio-frequency amplifier without degrading noise performance and without altering the in-band frequency response of the radio-frequency amplifier.

    INTEGRATED DIRECTIONAL COUPLER FOR BROADBAND AMPLIFIER

    公开(公告)号:US20230170861A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US18057597

    申请日:2022-11-21

    Abstract: Systems and methods that integrate a directional coupling function with directivity that does not have output loss are disclosed. For example, a power amplifier circuit arrangement includes an input terminal to receive an input signal; amplifier circuitry including a first amplifier stage, a second amplifier stage, and a virtual ground node, where an input of the first amplifier stage is coupled to the input terminal, an output of the first amplifier stage is coupled to an input of the second amplifier stage via the virtual ground node, and an output of the second amplifier stage is coupled to the input of the first amplifier stage via feedback circuitry; an output terminal coupled to the output of the second amplifier stage, the output terminal to output an amplified signal; and a directional coupler terminal coupled to the virtual ground node.

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