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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2017
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Marco Cassia, San Diego, CA (US);

Jose Cabanillas, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/217 (2006.01); H03F 1/56 (2006.01); H03F 3/19 (2006.01); H03F 3/21 (2006.01); H03F 3/72 (2006.01); H03G 1/00 (2006.01); H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H04B 1/40 (2015.01); H04B 1/401 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/217 (2013.01); H03F 1/0277 (2013.01); H03F 1/56 (2013.01); H03F 1/565 (2013.01); H03F 3/19 (2013.01); H03F 3/211 (2013.01); H03F 3/72 (2013.01); H03G 1/00 (2013.01); H03F 1/0288 (2013.01); H03F 3/2171 (2013.01); H03F 3/2173 (2013.01); H03F 2200/222 (2013.01); H03F 2200/318 (2013.01); H03F 2200/387 (2013.01); H03F 2200/408 (2013.01); H03F 2200/411 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01); H03F 2203/21103 (2013.01); H03F 2203/21136 (2013.01); H03F 2203/21139 (2013.01); H03F 2203/21175 (2013.01); H03F 2203/7215 (2013.01); H03F 2203/7221 (2013.01); H03F 2203/7236 (2013.01); H04B 1/40 (2013.01); H04B 1/401 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power amplifier circuit, including: an input node configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal; an output node configured to output an amplified RF signal; a main path switchably coupled between the input node and the output node, and including a first plurality of amplification stages to generate a first amplified RF signal; a bypass path switchably coupled between the input node and the output node, and including at least one second amplification stage to generate a second amplified RF signal; and a coupling switch configured to reuse at least a portion of the bypass path to drive the main path to generate a third amplified RF signal.


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