Abstract:
A radio frequency (RF) front-end circuit of a wireless communication device is provided. The RF front-end circuit includes a receiving amplifier, a down-converter, an up-converter, a transmitting amplifier and an output driver, where the receiving amplifier and the down-converter are configured to process received signals according to a local oscillation (LO) signal, and the up-converter, the transmitting amplifier and the output driver are configured to process transmitted signals according to the LO signal. The receiving amplifier, the up-converter or the transmitting amplifier includes a transformer load. The transformer load includes a switchable inductor. When the wireless communication device operates in a first mode, the LO signal has a first frequency, and the switchable inductor has a first inductance. When the wireless communication device operates in a second mode, the LO signal has a second frequency, and the switchable inductor has a second inductance.
Abstract:
An amplifier circuit that includes a first power amplifier configured to drive a load and a second power amplifier configured to drive the load through an impedance step-up network. The impedance step-up network is connected to an output of the second power amplifier. The impedance step-up network is configured to switch into a first mode to present an increased impedance to the first power amplifier, and switch into a second mode in which the impedance step-up network steps-up an impedance seen by the second power amplifier looking into the impedance step-up network.
Abstract:
A calibration apparatus is used for calibrating characteristics of a power amplifier (PA) in a transmitter. The calibration apparatus includes an adaptive bias generator circuit that is used to track an envelope of an input signal received by control terminals of transistors of the PA and generate an adaptive bias voltage to the control terminals of the input transistors in response to the envelope of the input signal.
Abstract:
A calibration apparatus is used for calibrating characteristics of a power amplifier (PA) in a transmitter. The calibration apparatus includes an adaptive bias generator circuit that is used to track an envelope of an input signal received by control terminals of transistors of the PA and generate an adaptive bias voltage to the control terminals of the input transistors in response to the envelope of the input signal.
Abstract:
A transmitting device includes a transmitting chain, a configurable power amplifier device and an impedance tuning circuit. The transmitting chain is arranged to generate a radio frequency signal. The configurable power amplifier device is arranged to support at least a first power amplifier configuration and a second power amplifier configuration, wherein the configurable power amplifier device employs the first power amplifier configuration to receive and amplify the radio frequency signal when the transmitting device is operated in a first operation mode, and employs the second power amplifier configuration to receive and amplify the radio frequency signal when the transmitting device is operated in a second operation mode. The impedance tuning circuit is arranged to adjust an output impedance of the configurable power amplifier device employing the second power amplifier configuration when the transmitting device is operated in the second operation mode.