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Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

James Canyon

Klaus D Buehring

Robert Ganton

Stephan M Rohlfing

A system for remote moisture monitoring and control includes: a measurement vehicle, including a vehicle body, a vehicle control unit, a transmitter antenna, and a receiver antenna; a moisture control server, including a processor, a non-transitory memory, an input/output, and antenna manager, a multi spectrum analyzer, a sensor manager, an irrigation manager, a soil simulator and a data bus; a vehicle storage facility; an irrigation controller; irrigation valves; a mobile control device; ground sensors. Also disclosed is a method including piloting measurement vehicle; obtaining moisture measurements, including controlling outbound transmission, determining reflected power, calculating dielectric constant via reflection calculation, determining soil moisture via lookup in soil calibration table; obtaining sensor measurements; calculating soil model; and adjusting irrigation.

System, apparatus, and method for remote soil moisture measurement and control

An irrigation control system is described for optimizing water used for growing crops. The irrigation control system uses a moisture sensor to measure soil moisture by measuring directly the relative phase velocities of different modes of propagation along a metallic structure mounted to a dielectric substrate. The average phase velocity is a function of the water content of the soil. The water content measurement is then transmitted to a central controller which then, through a set of heuristic algorithms, regulates the water distributed to the soil in a spatial and temporal manner.

Method and apparatus to improve crop yields and increase irrigation efficiency in agriculture

A radio frequency (RF) power amplifying system. The power amplifying system includes a power controller and power amplifiers comprising power transistors and bias circuitry. The bias circuitry provides current to the base of the one or more power transistors in such as manner as to automatically maintain the power transistors in substantially linear operation throughout the variation in voltage as supplied by the power controller.

Power amplifying system with supply and bias enhancements

A power amplifier system is disclosed in which a power amplifier unit and a power amendment unit are provided. An operating voltage is applied to the power amplifier unit. The power management unit monitors the current drawn by the power amplifier unit and generates a control signal based upon the measured current. The operating voltage applied to the power amplifier unit is adjusted based upon the control signal.

Power amplifier with provisions for varying operating voltage based upon power amplifier output power

A power amplifier system is disclosed in which a power amplifier unit and a power management unit are provided. An operating voltage is applied to the power amplifier unit. The power management unit monitors the current drawn by the power amplifier unit and generates a control signal based upon the measured current. The operating voltage applied to the power amplifier unit is adjusted based upon the control signal.

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

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