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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. 16, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Applicant:
Gerard T. Quilligan, Limerick, IE;
Inventor:
Gerard T. Quilligan, Limerick, IE;
Assignee:
M/A-COM Eurotec B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for amplifying a radio frequency signal including, generating a plurality of shaped pulses utilizing a piecewise linearizer circuit, applying the plurality of shaped pulses to a first input of a radio frequency amplifier circuit, and injecting a radio frequency carrier into a second input of the radio frequency amplifier circuit. The apparatus comprises a piecewise linearizer (PWL) circuit coupled to the input of a Radio Frequency Digital to Analog Converter (RFDAC) operating as a signal amplifier.