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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2012
Calogero D. Presti, San Diego, CA (US);
Calogero D. Presti, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An output circuit with an integrated directional coupler and impedance matching circuit is disclosed. In an exemplary design, an apparatus includes a switchplexer and an output circuit. The switchplexer is coupled to at least one power amplifier. The output circuit is coupled to the switchplexer and a load (e.g., an antenna) and includes a directional coupler and an impedance matching circuit sharing at least one inductor. The output circuit performs impedance matching for the load. The output circuit also acts as a directional coupler and provides an input radio frequency (RF) signal as an output RF signal and further couples a portion of the input RF signal as a coupled RF signal. Reusing the at least one inductor for both the directional coupler and the impedance matching circuit may reduce circuitry, size, and cost of the wireless device and may also improve performance.