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Low-noise amplifier, in particular for a cellular mobile telephone

US6639468B2 · kind B2 · utility

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45Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 21, 2001
Grant dateOct 28, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 21, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03F2203/45704
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The amplifier includes an input amplifier stage, an output amplifier stage cascode-connected with the input amplifier stage, and a load stage connected to the output stage. The load stage includes a plurality of circuits each including a capacitive component and an inductive component having a Q greater than 10, and having respective different resonant frequencies. All the gain curves respectively associated with all the circuits have, to within a stated tolerance, the same maximum gain value at the resonant frequencies. The gain curves respectively associated with two circuits having respective immediately adjacent resonant frequencies overlap below a threshold 3 dB, to within a stated tolerance, below the maximum gain value.

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