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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. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Schweighofer, Nuremberg, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
330 10 ; 363 60 ; 3302 / ; 330251 ;
Abstract
In a flexible and uncomplicated method for generating control signals for a power amplifier, and in a power amplifier having at least two output stages connected in series at the output side, which are driven dependent on a setting value, the setting value is classified into one of several setting value classes, a respective operating mode for each output stage is determined at least dependent on the setting value class and on a time slice value and at least one control signal for each output stage is generated dependent on the operating mode and, if warranted, on the setting value.