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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2012
Applicant:

Sameer Vora, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventor:

Sameer Vora, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Entropic Communications, LLC., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/00 (2006.01); G01R 21/10 (2006.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/10 (2013.01); H03G 3/3036 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit includes a first MOS transistor having a gate and a drain. The first circuit is configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal at the gate of the first MOS transistor. The drain of the first MOS transistor is configured to output a first current that is proportional to the square of the input voltage of the RF signal while receiving the RF signal. The second circuit includes a second MOS transistor having a source configured to receive a first current from the first circuit. The second MOS transistor is biased in a triode region and has a channel resistance between the source and a drain. The second circuit is configured to output a voltage proportional to the value of the power of the RF signal received by the first circuit.


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