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Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2019
Applicant:

Analog Devices International Unlimited Company, Limerick, IE;

Inventor:

Bernhard Strzalkowski, Munich, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/07 (2006.01); H03F 1/52 (2006.01); H03F 3/21 (2006.01); G01R 31/40 (2020.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/52 (2013.01); G01R 31/40 (2013.01); H03F 3/211 (2013.01); H04B 1/0466 (2013.01); H03F 2200/426 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01); H03F 2200/462 (2013.01); H04B 2001/0408 (2013.01);
Abstract

Herein disclosed in some embodiments is a fault detector for power amplifiers of a communication system. The fault detector can detect a portion of the power amplifiers that are in fault condition and can prevent or limit current flow to the power amplifiers in fault condition while allowing the rest of the power amplifiers to operate normally. The fault detector can further indicate which power amplifiers are in fault condition and/or the cause for the power amplifiers to be in fault condition. Based on the indication, a controller can direct communications away from the power amplifiers in fault condition and/or perform operations to correct the fault condition.


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