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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:
Oct. 22, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2018
Applicant:

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);

Inventors:

Florinel G. Balteanu, Irvine, CA (US);

Paul T. DiCarlo, Marlborough, MA (US);

Boshi Jin, Winchester, MA (US);

Serge Francois Drogi, Flagstaff, AZ (US);

Assignee:

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC., Woburn, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H03F 1/56 (2006.01); H03F 3/19 (2006.01); H03F 3/345 (2006.01); H03F 1/22 (2006.01); H03F 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/0277 (2013.01); H03F 1/0266 (2013.01); H03F 1/0272 (2013.01); H03F 1/223 (2013.01); H03F 1/56 (2013.01); H03F 3/19 (2013.01); H03F 3/245 (2013.01); H03F 3/345 (2013.01); H03F 2200/102 (2013.01); H03F 2200/222 (2013.01); H03F 2200/387 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01); H03F 2203/7206 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are amplification systems that are dynamically biased based on a signal indicative of differential envelope of an input radio-frequency (RF) signal being amplified. The amplification systems include a cascode amplifier configured to amplify the RF signal to generate an output RF signal when one of the transistors of the cascode amplifier is biased by a combination of the input RF signal and a biasing signal while the other transistor of the cascode amplifier is biased by a processed differential envelope signal. The cascode amplifier also receives a combination of a processed differential envelope signal and a supply voltage to generate the output RF signal. The biasing signal can improve or enhance the linearity of amplification systems.


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