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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2008
Jie-wei Lai, Taipei, TW;
Min Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Jie-Wei Lai, Taipei, TW;
Min Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
An amplifier circuit for amplifying an input signal to generate an output signal is provided. The amplifier circuit has a stacked main amplifier, a parallel sub-amplifier, and a signal combiner. The stacked main amplifier includes a first amplifier unit for outputting a first amplified signal generated from processing the input signal; and a second amplifier unit for outputting a second amplified signal generated from processing the first amplified signal. The first amplifier unit and the second amplifier unit share bias current. The parallel sub-amplifier is coupled to the stacked main amplifier according to a parallel connection fashion, and outputs a third amplified signal generated from processing the input signal. The signal combiner combines the second amplified signal and the third amplified signal to generate the output signal.