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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Macom Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/44 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H03K 3/012 (2006.01); H03F 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/161 (2013.01); H03F 1/0205 (2013.01); H03K 3/012 (2013.01); H04B 1/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes a transmit/receive (T/R) circuit and a gate/drain bias control circuit. The transmit/receive (T/R) circuit may be configured to transmit and receive radio frequency (RF) signals. The gate/drain bias control circuit may be configured to enable or disable internal gate switching of one or more amplifiers of the transmit/receive (T/R) circuit in response to a first control signal. When the internal gate switching is disabled the one or more amplifiers of the transmit/receive (T/R) circuit are enabled and disabled solely by external drain switching.