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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Mehmet T. Ozgun, Plano, TX (US);
Baher S. Haroun, Allen, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mehmet T. Ozgun, Plano, TX (US);
Baher S. Haroun, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An FM-band transmit power amplifier and a method of transmitting in multiple bands. In one embodiment, the FM-band transmit power amplifier has an input and an output and includes: (1) a pre-filter including a charge-pump based integrator coupled to the input and a passive notch filter having a notch frequency in a band other than an FM band and (2) an output driver coupled between the passive pre-filter and the output and having PMOS and NMOS transconductors configured to receive an output from the passive filter.