Registered
HIGH-EFFICIENCY MIXED-MODE POWER AMPLIFIER
- Inventors
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Min Park, Yun Ho Choi, Park Seong Su, Seok Bong Hyun, Park Kyung Hwan
- Application No.
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11482576 (2006.07.07)
- Publication No.
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20070085602 (2007.04.19)
- Registration No.
- 7436257 (2008.10.14)
- Country
- UNITED STATES
- Project Code
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05MB2900, Integrated Development of Ultra Low Power RF/HW/SW/SoC,
Park Seong Su
- Abstract
- Provided is a power amplifier of a low-power consumption system that has linearity at a peak output power while increasing efficiency in a most frequently used range, and thereby enables a battery to last longer. The power amplifier includes an input impedance matcher for impedance-matching a signal input from the outside; a high-power amplifier and a low-power amplifier for amplifying the signal having passed through the input impedance matcher; an amplification controller controlling the high-power amplifier and low-power amplifier according to the power level of the input signal; an output impedance matcher for impedance-matching the signal amplified by the high-power amplifier and low-power amplifier; and a dynamic voltage supplier for supplying the low-power amplifier with a variable driving voltage. With the constitution set forth above, linearity at peak output power is maintained, and efficiency increases in the most frequently used range, thereby enabling the battery of a handheld to last longer.
- KSP Keywords
- High power, High power amplifier(HPA), Input Impedance, Input signal, Low-Power, Output impedance, Output power, Power Consumption, Power Levels, driving voltage, dynamic voltage, high efficiency, impedance matching, increasing efficiency, low power consumption, low-power amplifier, mixed-mode, mode power, power amplifiers(PAs)
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