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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Shuran Wei, San Jose, CA (US);
Lawrence Tse, Fremont, CA (US);
Sehat Sutardja, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shuran Wei, San Jose, CA (US);
Lawrence Tse, Fremont, CA (US);
Sehat Sutardja, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A transmitter system includes a transmitter with a power amplifier. An antenna communicates with the power amplifier. A protection circuit generates a sensed signal that varies with an impedance of the antenna and reduces an output of the power amplifier in response to the sensed signal exceeding a predetermined threshold.