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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2013
Crestcom, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Ronald Duane McCallister, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
CrestCom, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
A transmitter () generates a time-varying stabilized bias signal () from which an amplifier-generated, sub-RF distortion signal () has been canceled. The distortion signal () is a byproduct of amplification and is generated due to imperfect linearity and/or other characteristics of a linear RF power amplifier (). An envelope amplifier () includes a high bandwidth differential input, linear, bias signal amplifier () and a low bandwidth switching amplifier () coupled together to achieve both a high bandwidth and high efficiency. A control loop () feeds a portion of the voltage V(t) from a conduction node () of the RF power amplifier () to one of the differential inputs of the linear bias signal amplifier (), while a bias control signal () drives the other differential input. The portion of voltage V(t) fed to bias signal amplifier () is a low power portion from which the RF portion has been removed.