Infineon Technologies Ag

Ericsson Gmbh

Robert Bartola

Thomas W Moller

William Hart

Cynthia Blair

Nagaraj V Dixit

James Mogel

A constant gain, constant phase RF power block, e.g., for use in a RF amplifier apparatus. In a preferred embodiment, the power block includes a DC to DC power supply circuit co-located with an RF power transistor device on a common heat sink. The power supply circuit has as an input a varying DC voltage and as outputs a constant supply voltage and a constant bias voltage. The power device has as inputs the constant supply voltage and the constant bias voltage, and further configured to receive and amplify an RF signal. The power supply circuit preferably includes a first laser trimmable resistor for setting the constant supply voltage and a second laser trimmable resistor for setting the bias voltage. In this manner, the constant supply and bias voltages may be easily tuned to a desired level during assembly of the power block device. The input and amplified RF signals are each matched to a relatively high impedance, e.g., approximately fifty ohms.

Constant gain, constant phase RF power block

Disclosed are systems and methods for automatic biasing of LDMOS devices at turn-on. The invention provides bias point setting with compensation for hot carrier effects each time the LDMOS device is turned on and also provides temperature compensation during operation of the device. The systems and methods of the invention are scalable such that a plurality of LDMOS devices may simultaneously have their bias points set, and temperature compensation provided.

Automatic LDMOS biasing with long term hot carrier compensation

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