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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Kelly Mekechuk, Austin, TX (US);
Jonathan David Williams, Austin, TX (US);
Dale Ari Herman, Austin, TX (US);
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A communication system and method of operating the same that includes, in one embodiment, a transmit filter including a transmit filter capacitor, and a receive filter coupled to the transmit filter. The communication system also includes a switch, coupled to an auxiliary winding of a transformer and to the transmit filter capacitor, configured to alter an impedance of the transmit filter during a receive mode of operation of the communication system. In another embodiment, a transmitter is configured to receive an input data stream, and produce a control signal for a switch-mode power amplifier employing a predetermined data sequence selected by the input data stream thereto.