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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, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Timothy J. Dupuis, Austin, TX (US);
David R. Welland, Austin, TX (US);
Susanne A. Paul, Austin, TX (US);
Ali M. Niknejad, Berkeley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy J. Dupuis, Austin, TX (US);
David R. Welland, Austin, TX (US);
Susanne A. Paul, Austin, TX (US);
Ali M. Niknejad, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Black Sand Technologies, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for detecting the output power of a power amplifier. The output power is detected by detecting the absolute values of the voltage and current at the output of the amplifier and mixing the detected voltage and current to generate a signal related to the output power.