Amplifiers – With semiconductor amplifying device – Including gain control means
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-18
2008-03-18
Nguyen, Khanh Van (Department: 2817)
Amplifiers
With semiconductor amplifying device
Including gain control means
C330S296000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07345547
ABSTRACT:
The embodiments of the present invention include a bias circuit for a power-amplifying device, which receives and amplifies an input RF signal having a series of RF cycles within a modulation envelop. The bias circuit compensates odd-order distortion processes by detecting the power in the input signal and providing a dynamic adjustment to a bias stimulus for the power-amplifying device within a time scale of the modulation envelope.
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Strifler Walter A.
Wang Nanlei Larry
Morgan & Lewis & Bockius, LLP
Nguyen Khanh Van
WJ Communications, Inc.
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