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20080218291 | System and method for a digitally tunable impedance matching network - The present disclosure relates generally to digitally tunable impedance matching networks. In one example, a digitally tunable impedance matching network is configured to produce an overall reactance value of approximately X, and includes multiple reactive components that are configured to produce a reactance value in the range of approximately zero to X with a minimum resolution of approximately X/2 | 09-11-2008 |
20120056677 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A TUNABLE MULTI-MODE MULTI-BAND POWER AMPLIFIER MODULE - An apparatus and method amplify a signal for use in a wireless network. The apparatus includes a power amplifier, an envelope modulator, a tunable matching network (TMN), and a controller. The power amplifier outputs the signal at an output power. The envelope modulator controls a bias setting for the power amplifier. The TMN includes a plurality of immittance elements. The controller is operably connected the envelope modulator and the TMN. The controller identifies a desired value for the output power of the power amplifier, controls the output power of the power amplifier by modifying the bias setting of the power amplifier, and sets a number of the plurality of immittance elements based on the bias setting of the power amplifier. | 03-08-2012 |
20120302179 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROGRAMMABLE ENVELOPE SHAPING CIRCUIT BASED ON PIECEWISE LINEAR INTERPOLATION - An analog envelope shaper within an envelope tracking power amplifier system detects an envelope voltage of a transmission signal and generates a shaped envelope amplifier control signal based upon a programmable threshold, below which the output does not fall, and a plurality of different voltages centered around a corresponding threshold input voltage, a selectable spacing of which controls the shape of the transition between negative clipping and linear regions of the envelope detector output function. The programmable features and the resulting piecewise linear shaping allow for tailoring of the envelope response to balance linearity and efficiency, without negating the efficiency benefits of envelope tracking power amplification. Since the analog envelope shaper employs no high speed data converter functions, the resulting power dissipation will be substantially less than digital designs. | 11-29-2012 |
20140111279 | ENVELOPE TRACKING DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER - A system and method amplify a waveform in a wireless network. An envelope of a waveform is detected to form an envelope waveform. The envelope waveform is shaped to form a shaped waveform, the shaping based on one or more characteristics of a distributed amplifier. The shaped waveform is filtered to form a filtered waveform. The filtered waveform is amplified to form a first amplified waveform. The distributed amplifier amplifies at least a part the waveform based on the first amplified waveform to form a second amplified waveform. | 04-24-2014 |
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20100029324 | Versatile system for multimode, wireless communication receiver with ZIF and near-ZIF operations - An architecture for a receiver component in a wireless communications system is disclosed—one that supports both zero intermediate frequency (ZIF) and near-zero intermediate frequency (NZIF) operation. The architecture provides a down-conversion segment, and a local oscillator segment operatively associated with the down-conversion segment. An analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) segment is adapted to receive signals from the down-conversion segment and introduce the signals into a digital intermediate frequency (DIF) construct. The DIF construct performs a DC offset compensation or DC residue filtering on NZIF-based signals, and droop or mismatch compensation. Image removal is performed on NZIF-based signals, and DC offset compensation is performed on ZIF-based signals. Compensated signals are amplified to some nominal or desired level, and interpolation filtering of the amplified signals is performed prior to transmission thereof. | 02-04-2010 |
20110065472 | Apparatus and method for an integrated multi-mode multi-band power amplifier - An apparatus and method for amplifying a transmission signals in multiple modes and multiple bands. The apparatus includes a tunable power amplifying module adapted to receive a plurality of signal types comprising multiple modes and multiple bands. The tunable power amplifying module includes a first and second power amplifier stages and a number of tunable matching networks configured to optimize an impedance value based on the mode and band of the signal to be amplified. | 03-17-2011 |
20110274017 | VERSATILE SYSTEM FOR TRANSCEIVER NOISE REDUCTION IN A TIME-DIVISION DUPLEXING WIRELESS NETWORK - A system for suppressing transmission channel noise in a signal transmission/reception device—particularly a time division duplex (TDD) wireless communications device—is provided. The system provides one or more shunt elements, instantiated at some point along the device's signal transmission channel. One or more attenuation elements are also instantiated at some point along the signal transmission channel, as are one or more disabling elements. A trigger signal indicates when the device is shifting from signal transmission operation (or mode) to signal reception operation. Responsive to assertion of the trigger signal, the shunt, attenuation and disabling elements are activated. | 11-10-2011 |
20120200352 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN INTEGRATED MULTI-MODE MULTI-BAND POWER AMPLIFIER - An apparatus and method for amplifying a transmission signals in multiple modes and multiple bands. The apparatus includes a tunable power amplifying module adapted to receive a plurality of signal types comprising multiple modes and multiple bands. The tunable power amplifying module includes a first and second power amplifier stages and a number of tunable matching networks configured to optimize an impedance value based on the mode and band of the signal to be amplified. | 08-09-2012 |
20130170581 | QUADRATURE DIGITAL-IF TRANSMITTER WITHOUT INTER-STAGE SAW FILTER AND DEVICES USING SAME - An RF transmitter comprises a digital-to-IF circuit block configured to receive a digital in-phase baseband signal and a digital quadrature baseband signal and to up-convert the digital in-phase and quadrature baseband signals to a digital in-phase IF signal and to a digital quadrature IF signal. The wireless RF transmitter further comprises an IF-to-RF circuit block configured to convert the digital in-phase and quadrature IF signals to analog signals and to up-convert the analog in-phase and quadrature IF signals to an RF output signal. The digital-to-IF circuit block comprises pre-compensation circuitry configured to reduce analog impairments associated with the IF-to-RF circuit block. | 07-04-2013 |
20140198689 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MIXED SIGNAL SPREAD SPECTRUM RECEIVING TECHNIQUE - An apparatus and method for mixed signal spread spectrum receiving and spectrum aggregation in a receiver having at least one antenna respectively receiving at least one signal are provided. The method includes modulating the at least one signal received by the receiver with at least one unique orthogonal pseudorandom (PN) code, downconverting the at least one modulated signal into at least one baseband signal, combining the at least baseband signal into an overlaid baseband signal and filtering the overlaid baseband signal, converting the overlaid baseband signal from an analog signal into a digital baseband signal, splitting the digital baseband signal into a plurality of signal paths each having the entirety of the digital baseband signal, applying one of the at least one unique orthogonal PN code to each of the plurality of signal paths, and multiplexing the plurality of signal paths into a combined digital baseband signal. | 07-17-2014 |