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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:
Jan. 23, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2014
Applicant:

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);

Inventors:

Hardik Bhupendra Modi, Irvine, CA (US);

Craig Joseph Christmas, San Diego, CA (US);

Xuanang Zhu, Lexington, MA (US);

Mark M. Doherty, Westford, MA (US);

Assignee:

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/04 (2006.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01); H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H03F 1/56 (2006.01); H03F 3/19 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H03F 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/3042 (2013.01); H03F 1/0222 (2013.01); H03F 1/565 (2013.01); H03F 3/19 (2013.01); H03F 3/245 (2013.01); H04B 1/0458 (2013.01); H03F 2200/102 (2013.01); H03F 2200/105 (2013.01); H03F 2200/108 (2013.01); H03F 2200/387 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and methods for wireless local area network (WLAN) power amplifiers are provided. In certain configurations, a WLAN power amplifier system includes a WLAN power amplifier, an output impedance matching network, and an envelope tracker. The WLAN power amplifier includes an input that receives a WLAN signal having a fundamental frequency and an output that generates an amplified WLAN signal for transmission over an antenna. The output impedance matching network is electrically connected to the output of the WLAN power amplifier, and can provide a load line impedance between 10Ω and 35Ω at the fundamental frequency. The envelope tracker receives an envelope of the WLAN signal, and controls a voltage level of a power supply of the WLAN power amplifier based on the envelope signal.


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