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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:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2014
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ali Morshedi, San Diego, CA (US);

Patrick Cantey, III, San Diego, CA (US);

Mihir Anandpara, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H03F 3/21 (2006.01); H03F 3/19 (2006.01); H03G 3/10 (2006.01); H03F 1/30 (2006.01); H03F 1/56 (2006.01); H03F 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/19 (2013.01); H03F 1/0261 (2013.01); H03F 1/0266 (2013.01); H03F 1/302 (2013.01); H03F 1/56 (2013.01); H03F 3/245 (2013.01); H03F 2200/102 (2013.01); H03F 2200/111 (2013.01); H03F 2200/204 (2013.01); H03F 2200/207 (2013.01); H03F 2200/222 (2013.01); H03F 2200/318 (2013.01); H03F 2200/387 (2013.01); H03F 2200/435 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01); H03F 2200/468 (2013.01); H03F 2200/555 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a circuit comprises a power amplifier. The circuit further comprises a memory that stores bias current values corresponding to a plurality of frequencies across a frequency band for setting the bias of a power amplifier based on selected frequencies, and a controller configured to provide at least one bias current value corresponding to a selected frequency from the memory to the power amplifier in response to a frequency selection signal. The bias current value at each frequency may be selected to maximize power efficiency or minimize adjacent channel leakage-power ratio of the power amplifier at said frequency. In one embodiment, the memory further stores bias current values corresponding to the plurality of frequencies across the frequency band at a plurality of temperatures for setting the bias of a power amplifier based on a temperature of the power amplifier and on selected frequencies.


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