The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rahul Magoon, Irvine, CA (US);
Michael (Meng-An) Pan, Irvine, CA (US);
Ahmad Mirzaei, Orlanda, FL (US);
Mohyee Mikhemar, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/02 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H03F 3/195 (2006.01); H03F 3/24 (2006.01); H03F 3/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/0458 (2013.01); H03F 3/195 (2013.01); H03F 3/245 (2013.01); H03F 3/45475 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45548 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transceiver circuit including a digital-to-analog converter, a filter coupled to the digital-to-analog converter, a passive mixer coupled to the filter, via a buffer and a multi-stage power amplifier coupled to the passive mixer via a passive amplifier. A transmitter and method for amplifying a RF signal for transmission are also provided.