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Fet switching circuit for switching between a high power transmitting signal and a lower power receiving signal

US5477184A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 15, 1993
Grant dateDec 19, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 15, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K17/693
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An FET switch used for switching between a first transmission path includes a plurality of FETs for the transmission of a low power signal received at an antenna and a second transmission path including a plurality of FETs for the transmission of a higher power signal to the antenna, wherein the first transmission path and the second transmission path have FET circuits of configurations different from each other and/or employ FETs of different characteristics.

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