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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2000
Sifen Luo, Hartsdale, NY (US);
Tirdad Sowlati, Ossining, NY (US);
Chris Joly, North Providence, RI (US);
Kerry Burger, Lincoln, NE (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A power amplifier circuit includes an amplifying transistor and a dc bias circuit for biasing the amplifier transistor to obtain a conduction angle of at least about 180°. The dc bias circuit includes a self-bias boosting circuit for initially decreasing and then increasing the dc bias voltage provided to a control terminal of the amplifying transistor by the dc bias circuit as the input signal provided to the power amplifier increases. The self-bias boosting circuit is extremely simple and compact in design, and permits the power amplifier circuits to operate in Class B or Class AB with improved power output characteristics.