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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Inphi Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
James Gorecki, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
INPHI CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/45 (2006.01); H03G 1/00 (2006.01); H03F 1/56 (2006.01); H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H03G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 1/007 (2013.01); H03F 1/0205 (2013.01); H03F 1/56 (2013.01); H03G 3/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to electrical circuits. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a variable gain amplifier (VGA) device that includes a low-gain tuning section and a high-gain tuning section. The low-gain tuning section includes both resistor and transistor elements. The high-gain tuning section includes a transistor element and is activated when an output gain is greater than a predetermined threshold level. There are other embodiments as well.