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Power amplifier with improved linearity and reduced transistor stacks

US6710662B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 16, 2002
Grant dateMar 23, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03F3/189
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A power amplifier includes drains and sources of a plurality of transistors connected to each other to produce a plurality of common drains and a plurality of common sources, wherein the common drains are connected at a common drain point and wherein the common drain point is connected via an RF choke to a power supply voltage terminal and wherein the common sources are grounded; an output terminal connected to the RF choke; a plurality of bias terminals each coupled via a resistor to the gate of one of the plurality of transistors wherein each of the gates of the plurality of transistors is also capacitively coupled to a radio frequency input.

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