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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:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry Shie, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Russ Wyse, Center Pt., IA (US);
David Ripley, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Paul Andrys, Swisher, IA (US);
Assignee:
Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/04 ;
Abstract
In one exemplary embodiment, a sensing circuit for sensing an output power of a power amplifier comprises a biasing circuit coupled to a detection circuit. The biasing circuit feeds a base current to the power amplifier, and the detection circuit draws a mirror current of the base current. The mirror current is fed at a first node to each of an impedance circuit and a first FET, wherein a sense voltage is generated at the first node. In one exemplary embodiment, the first FET is activated when a beta parameter of the power amplifier decreases.