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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. 28, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter D. Heidmann, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Joseph P. Burke, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 ;
Abstract
An improved method and apparatus for using parallel amplifiers to efficiently amplify an information signal are disclosed. The improved apparatus utilizes digital signal manipulation techniques in optimizing the phase of the upconverted input signals provided to each of the parallel amplifiers. The phase and amplitude of the input signals are adjusted such that the power measured at the output of a combiner is maximized as compared to the sum of the power of combiner input signals.