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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:
Jan. 06, 2026

Filed:

May. 14, 2020
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Christian Elgaard, Lund, SE;

Sven Mattisson, Lomma, SE;

Stefan Andersson, Flyinge, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H03F 3/24 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/0288 (2013.01); H03F 1/0227 (2013.01); H03F 3/245 (2013.01); H04B 1/0483 (2013.01); H03F 2200/102 (2013.01); H04B 2001/0408 (2013.01);
Abstract

A transmitter and Doherty power amplifier configured for envelope-controlled biasing of an auxiliary transmitter of the Doherty power amplifier are disclosed. According to one aspect, a transmitter having a main amplifier in a main signal path and an auxiliary amplifier in an auxiliary signal path is provided. The auxiliary amplifier is configured to be activated only when an envelope of an input signal of the transmitter exceeds a power threshold. The transmitter also includes at least one component in the auxiliary signal path configured to be deactivated when the auxiliary amplifier is deactivated, the at least one component including at least one of a pre-power amplifier, a mixer and a local oscillator buffer.


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