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Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 06, 2020
Applicant:

Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Christian Vincent Sorace, Falicon, FR;

Ludovic Oddoart, Opio, FR;

Fabien Boitard, Mouans Sartoux, FR;

Assignee:

NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/575 (2006.01); G05F 1/445 (2006.01); G05F 1/46 (2006.01); G05F 1/565 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/575 (2013.01); G05F 1/445 (2013.01); G05F 1/461 (2013.01); G05F 1/565 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example apparatus includes power amplification circuitry and current-level switch circuitry. The power amplification circuitry has a first input port, a second input port, and field-effect transistor (FET) circuitry, the FET circuitry to operate in a saturation mode while drawing power provided at the first input port from a first power source. The current-level switch circuitry is to sense a change in a current-level used to maintain the FET circuitry in the saturation mode and, in response to the sensed change in the current-level, to cause the power amplification circuitry to draw power provided at the second input port from a second power source while maintaining the saturation mode of the FET circuitry.


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