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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth V Buer, Gilbert, AZ (US);
David W Corman, Gilbert, AZ (US);
James R Clark, II, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F / ; H03F / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
330295 ; 330307 ; 257341 ;
Abstract
A multistage MMIC power amplifier with diagonal oriented field effect transistors (FETs) provides higher power output for a smaller MMIC die size. Corporate feed structures divide the RF input signal and combine the RF output signals and in a base two fashion. The corporate feed structures allow the FETs of the amplifier stages operate in-phase with adjacent circuitry appearing as an even-mode open circuit. The MMIC power amplifier is suitable for applications where reduced size, high efficiency and high gain are important, such as in commercial communication systems.