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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2008
Applicant:
Torkel Arnborg, Stockholm, SE;
Inventor:
Torkel Arnborg, Stockholm, SE;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The power level of an RF signal is detected using a circuit having relatively low DC offset, high dynamic range, small frequency and temperature dependence and low flicker noise. According to one embodiment, the power detector circuit comprises a chain of amplifiers and a passive mixer. The chain of amplifiers converts the RF input signal to a supply-limited RF square wave signal. The passive mixer passively mixes the supply-limited RF square wave signal with the RF input signal and in response generates a rectified output signal that tracks the amplitude of the RF input signal.