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Mobile communication apparatus and method

US5574993A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 19, 1994
Grant dateNov 12, 1996
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03G3/3042
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile communication apparatus is provided, in which the linearity during a small output power of a radio-frequency power amplifier can be maintained as during a large output power. The input signal power to a radio-frequency power amplifier is decreased by an attenuator during a small power output. The resulting downward trend of the transmission signal power is compensated for by increasing the gain of the radio-frequency amplifier circuit through a transmission power control circuit. Under this condition, the radio-frequency power amplifier is made operable in a linear region of the transistor in the same manner as during a large power output. As a result, the linearity of the amplifier is guaranteed over the whole operating range of the transmission power.

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