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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:
Aug. 30, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2014
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chuan Wang, San Diego, CA (US);

Dongling Pan, San Diego, CA (US);

Wing Fat Andy Lau, San Diego, CA (US);

Jorge Andres Garcia, San Diego, CA (US);

David Zixiang Yang, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H03F 3/19 (2006.01); H03F 1/26 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/0205 (2013.01); H03F 1/26 (2013.01); H03F 3/19 (2013.01); H04B 1/005 (2013.01); H03F 2200/294 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01);
Abstract

A dual stage LNA for use in multiband receivers is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a plurality of first stage amplifiers having a plurality of first stage output ports, respectively, to output first stage amplified voltage mode signals. The apparatus also includes a plurality of second stage amplifiers having a plurality of second stage input ports, respectively, and second stage output ports to output amplified current mode signals. The apparatus also includes a switch apparatus having input terminals connected to the first stage output ports and output terminals connected to the second stage input ports, the switch apparatus to connect selected second stage input ports to selected first stage output ports.


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