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Quadrature current-combining linearizing circuit for generating arbitrary phase and amplitude

US9467196B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

James Francis Imbornone · Methuen, US
Xinwei Wang · Dunstable, US
Marc Gerald Dicicco · Dunstable, US
Frederic Carrez · Boxborough, US
Zhenying Luo · Westford, US
Xiangdong Zhang · Weifang, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 5, 2014
Grant date	Oct 11, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 30, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B2001/485
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device includes a first circuit path coupled to a first node and a second node, the first circuit path having at least one first varactor circuit configured to receive a first tuning voltage, the first circuit path having a resistor with a selectable value, and a second circuit path coupled to the first node and the second node, the second circuit path having at least one second varactor circuit configured to receive a second tuning voltage, the second circuit path having a capacitor with a selectable value.

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