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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:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Inventor:
Thart Fah Voo, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first amplification block configured to receive a signal and a second amplification block configured to output the signal. The outputted signal is an amplified version of the signal. A circuit allows reuse of a second current flowing through the second amplification block by coupling the second current to pass through the first amplification block to increase a first current that flows through the first amplification block. Amplification of the signal is based on the increased first current that flows through the first amplification block.