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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Takayuki Matsuzuka, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Iyomasa, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Matsuzuka, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Iyomasa, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power amplifier includes: a first amplifying element amplifying an input signal; a second amplifying element amplifying an output signal of the first amplifying element; a third amplifying element amplifying the input signal; a first switch connected between an output of the first amplifying element and an input of second amplifying element; a second switch connected between an output of the first amplifying element and an output of the third amplifying element; a third switch connected between an output of the first amplifying element and an output of the second amplifying element; a reference voltage generating a circuit generating reference voltage; a bias circuit supplying a bias current, based on the reference voltage, to inputs of the first, second, and third amplifying elements; and a control circuit controlling the first, second and third switches and the reference voltage generating circuit.