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Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);

Inventors:

Junhyung Lee, Irvine, CA (US);

Johannes Jacobus Emile Maria Hageraats, Kamuela, HI (US);

Assignee:

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/30 (2006.01); H03F 1/22 (2006.01); H03F 3/72 (2006.01); H03G 1/00 (2006.01); H03G 3/12 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/3026 (2013.01); H03F 3/72 (2013.01); H03G 1/0029 (2013.01); H04B 1/0053 (2013.01); H03F 1/22 (2013.01); H03F 2200/294 (2013.01); H03G 3/12 (2013.01); H03G 2201/103 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are signal amplifier architectures that provide a plurality of gain modes. Different gain modes can use different paths through the amplifier architecture. Switches that are used to select the path through the amplifier architecture can be configured to also provide targeted impedance in a degeneration block or matrix. The switches that select the gain path are provided in the amplifier architecture and are thus not needed or used in the degeneration block, thereby reducing the size of the package for the amplifier architecture, improving the noise figure (NF), improving impedance matching, and eliminating the need for control logic associated with the degeneration block or matrix.


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