Motorola Corporation

Armando Vera Jimenez

Ronald L Porco

John S Ruppel

Joseph L Clark

Henry Hoang Nguyen

Leroy Albert Plymale, Sr

Thomas L Sears

In the present technique for power management of a power amplifier, an amplifier bank from a plurality of amplifier banks in a power amplifier that has been switched off for a longest period of time is assessed () to provide a lowest amplifier bank. With this lowest amplifier bank, an up-threshold that is associated to the lowest amplifier bank is assessed (), followed by another assessment () of a current power output of the power amplifier. It is next determined () whether the current power output corresponds at least in a predetermined way to the up-threshold, and if so, the lowest amplifier bank is accordingly switched on ().

Methods and apparatus of managing a power amplifier

In the present technique for power management of a power amplifier, it is first determined () whether a counter value corresponds at least in a predetermined way to a counter threshold, and if so, a current status of at least one amplifier bank from a plurality of amplifier banks in a power amplifier is switched ().

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Armando Vera Jimenez