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Power booster for a radio telephone

US5291147A · kind A · utility

24Cited by
2References
5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 17, 1992
Grant dateMar 1, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 17, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/3877
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A power booster (10) comprises a power amplifier (5) and is coupled to a portable radio telephone (20) which transmits an RF signal at one of a predetermined set of power levels. A first detector (6) generates an output signal C indicative of the power of the RF signal received by the booster. The signal C is used to generate a reference signal rf from a look up table (8) in which is stored a set of values corresponding with the respective power levels. The reference signal rf, which indicates the required power level, is applied to a power control circuit (7) which controls the gain of the amplifier (5) to maintain the power output substantially constant at the required power level as determined by the value of the reference signal rf.

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