Amplifiers – With control of power supply or bias voltage – With control of input electrode or gain control electrode bias
Patent
1997-06-02
2000-08-01
Mullins, James B.
Amplifiers
With control of power supply or bias voltage
With control of input electrode or gain control electrode bias
330124R, 330285, H03G 330, H03F 368
Patent
active
060972521
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for efficient power amplification over a wide dynamic range and for a number of modulation formats includes a carrier amplifier (30) and a peaking amplifier (40). The carrier amplifier (30) operates with a bias generated by an envelope amplifier (80) which amplifies the envelope of an input signal as generated by an envelope detector (70). The peaking amplifier (40) operates with a fixed bias. The outputs of the carrier amplifier (30) and the peaking amplifier (40) are combined using an impedance transforming network (50). Envelope amplifier (80) can be turned on for high efficiency low power level operation, or it can be turned off for standard Doherty-type operation.
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Jackson Robert Michael
Myers Ronald Gene
Sigmon Bernard Eugene
LeMoine Dana B.
Motorola Inc.
Mullins James B.
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