Registered
HIGH-EFFICIENCY MIXED-MODE POWER AMPLIFIER
- Inventors
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Min Park, Yun Ho Choi, Park Seong Su, Park Kyung Hwan, Seok Bong Hyun
- 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, Low Power consumption, Low power amplifier, Output Impedance, Output power, Power Consumption, Power Levels, driving voltage, dynamic voltage, high efficiency, high power amplifier, impedance matching, increasing efficiency, input impedance, input signal, low power, mixed-mode, mode power, power amplifiers(PAs)
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