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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2019
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chirag Dipak Patel, San Diego, CA (US);

Lai Kan Leung, San Marcos, CA (US);

Ravi Sridhara, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H03K 19/00 (2006.01); H03H 11/28 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H04B 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 11/28 (2013.01); H03K 17/687 (2013.01); H04B 1/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

An RF driver circuit may include a wideband output impedance matching and gain circuit, a wideband input impedance matching and gain circuit, and a summer configured to sum the outputs of the wideband output impedance matching and gain circuit and wideband input impedance matching and gain circuit. The wideband output impedance matching and gain circuit and wideband input impedance matching and gain circuit may collectively provide the gain of the RF driver circuit. The wideband output impedance matching circuit may have a source follower configuration. The wideband input impedance matching circuit may have a common gate configuration. Controllable bias voltages may be used to maintain a constant gain and interface impedances in multiple modes of operation.


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