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7626449 Apparatus and method for tuning center frequency of a filter  
A method for tuning a filter is provided. The method includes: enabling a VCO circuit, wherein at least a portion of the VCO circuit is selected from the filter; generating an oscillation signal by...
7619477 Current sense amplifier for voltage converter  
A thermal calibration circuit for adjusting the gain of a variable gain amplifier, the thermal calibration circuit comprising an interface for receiving a signal that varies with temperature and...
7583148 Transconductance control circuit, method of controlling transconductance, and a power amplifier  
A transconductance control circuit, comprising: a test transconductance circuit for providing an output current from a reference voltage; apparatus for deriving a bias current for the test...
7554407 Multi-mode power amplifier with low gain variation over temperature  
A multi-mode RF amplifier is described having at least a higher and a lower power path coupling an input to an output. At a pre-selected output power level, the higher power path is enabled while...
7532073 Solid state power amplifier with multi-planar MMIC modules  
A solid state power amplifier (SSPA) system may include a radio frequency (RF) input, an RF waveguide split block, multiple monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifier modules,...
7522892 Power amplifier with serial interface and associated methods  
In a power amplifier, a serial bus interface is provided for sending and receiving information to other devices, such as a baseband controller. The power amplifier includes several control pins...
7518452 Voltage-controlled current source and variable-gain amplifier  
A voltage-controlled current source includes a current source having temperature dependency, a voltage source having process dependency, a first signal conversion circuit which generates second...
7504886 Thermal tail compensation  
A waveform processing system may include a compensation circuit to adjust a voltage supplied to an output stage, wherein a supplied voltage is controlled to substantially maintain constant power...
7504887 High-frequency power amplifier and communication device  
To provide a high-frequency power amplifier capable of improving the linearity and efficiency of a high-frequency power amplifier by stabilizing, at high frequencies, the bias voltage of a bias...
7492236 Gain compensation circuit  
A gain compensation circuit, applied to a microwave transceiver, includes a gain adjuster, a first attenuator and a second attenuator. The gain adjuster is disposed between a first amplifier and a...
7492237 Gain compensation circuit  
A gain compensation circuit comprises a first amplifier, a second amplifier, a filter, a first attenuator, a second attenuator and a third attenuator. The first amplifier is configured to amplify...
7489196 Output power control of an RF amplifier  
Precision and reliability of a current limited mode output power control of an RF amplifier is enhanced by sensing the base current of the current controlled output power transistor. The base...
7482875 High frequency power amplifier  
The invention provides a wide-band, low-noise, and small-sized high frequency power amplifier that has small temperature dependence of the gain and is excellent in input matching. A parallel...
7471152 Automatic gain control and tuned low noise amplifier for process-independent gain systems  
A tuned low-noise amplifier is disclosed. A device in accordance with the present invention comprises a first current source, a second current source, a comparator, coupled to the first current...
7459979 Semiconductor indicator for voltage diagnostics in power amplifiers  
A semiconductor indicator for quantitatively diagnosing voltage conditions in high power transistor devices is provided. The semiconductor indicator includes a first transistor and a second...
7456691 Amplifier circuit with reduced temperature dependence of the gain  
An amplifier circuit includes an amplifier input, an amplifier output, a control terminal for adjusting a gain of the amplifier circuit, and a feedback path between the amplifier output and the...
7439807 Method and system for generating a temperature-compensated control signal  
A method for generating a temperature-compensated control signal is provided. The method includes receiving a constant control signal. A temperature-compensated control signal is generated based on...
7439808 High-frequency power amplifier  
A high-frequency power amplifier with a temperature compensation function for power amplifying a high-frequency signal, includes: a power amplifying transistor having an emitter grounded; a high...
7425871 Compensation units for reducing the effects of self-heating and increasing linear performance in bipolar transistors  
The systems and methods described herein provide for composite transistor circuit having a bipolar transistor and a compensation unit. The compensation unit can be configured to stabilize the DC...
7423488 System and method for compensating for the effects of aging and temperature on transistor performance  
Disclosed is a system and method for compensating for the effects of aging and temperature on the performance of transistors in an RF transmitter. The system and method use a temperature-based...
7417507 Bias circuit for power amplifier having a low degradation in distortion characteristics  
A combined bias circuit in which a voltage drive bias circuit and a current drive bias circuit are provided in parallel with each other has a configuration in which a linearizer including a first...
7403063 Apparatus and method for tuning center frequency of a filter  
A tuning method and a tuning apparatus for tuning a filter are disclosed. The tuning method includes: configuring the filter as a VCO; utilizing the VCO to generate an oscillation signal according...
7400197 Gain control circuit capable of reducing change in gain due to variation of ambient temperature  
A gain control circuit capable of keeping a constant gain without being affected by ambient temperature includes a variable resistor element connected to a power supply terminal, a control unit for...
7400202 Bias circuit for power amplifier operated by a low external reference voltage  
A bias circuit includes a resistor in parallel with a voltage-drive bias circuit including a GaAs-HBT transistor. This configuration ensures that a current can be supplied from a reference voltage...
7375588 Transmission amplifier  
A transmission amplifier for amplifying a signal to be transmitted includes an amplifying unit that is warmed efficiently when the temperature is low. In a constitution in which an amplifying unit...
7372317 PTATn bias cell for improved temperature performance  
A bias circuit is disclosed for use in a temperature compensation system. The bias circuit provides a current that is proportional to a temperature variation raised to an nth power where |n|>1...
7369816 Highly accurate temperature sensor employing mixed-signal components  
A radio transceiver includes circuitry that enables received RF signals to be down-converted to baseband frequencies and baseband signals to be up-converted to RF signals prior to transmission...
7358817 Linearized bias circuit with adaptation  
A linearized bias circuit with adaptation resolves the problem happening to the power amplifier with conventional bias circuit that the DC and AC characteristics of the power amplifier shift or...
7355480 Bias circuit  
A bias circuit includes a voltage stabilizer connected between a control voltage input terminal through a current limit resistor and a ground, a bias supply emitter follower with a base connected...
7345542 Circuit and method for avoiding circuit performance degradation caused by time-variable thermal imbalances  
A signal processing circuit includes a circuit stage for operating on signals in a signal path of an input signal, including main circuitry for operating on relatively small-value signals and...
7342455 Temperature sensor insensitive to device offsets with independent adjustment of slope and reference temperature  
A radio transceiver includes circuitry that enables received RF signals to be down-converted to baseband frequencies and baseband signals to be up-converted to RF signals prior to transmission...
7339424 Apparatus and method for controlling temperature of electronic apparatus  
In an embodiment of this invention, if a state, in which duty ratio of a PWM signal is kept equal to or greater than a predetermined value, has been maintained for a first time period, the duty...
7332966 High frequency power amplifier circuit  
A high frequency power amplifier circuit includes amplifying devices whose control terminals (gate or base terminals) are supplied with a bias voltage. The high frequency power amplifier circuit...
7310015 Temperature-compensated circuit for power amplifier using diode voltage control  
Provided is a temperature-compensated circuit for a power amplifier through diode voltage control, in which a first resistor (Rref), a first diode (D 1 ), and a second diode (D 2 ) are connected to...
7307476 Method for nullifying temperature dependence and circuit therefor  
A circuit and a method for nullifying temperature dependence of a circuit characteristic. The circuit includes a plurality of transistors configured such that they generate a gate voltage that...
7288996 Apparatus and method reducing non-linearity in an output signal of an amplifier device  
An apparatus reducing non-linearity in an output signal presented at an output locus of an amplifier device having an output unit coupled with the output locus, the output unit having at least one...
7286019 Method and system for amplifying a signal  
According to one embodiment of the invention, an amplifier includes a gate bias circuit operable to generate a gate bias voltage and a common gate amplifier that includes a transistor having a gate...
7286016 Amplifier bias circuit, method for biasing an amplifier and integrated circuit comprising an amplifier bias circuit  
An amplifier bias circuit connectable to an amplifier device, comprising a first sensor device for sensing a first amplifier characteristic and for providing at a first sensor output a bias signal...
7282997 Thermal coupling device  
A micro-electronic power amplifier that defines a uniform thermal impedance includes an output stage including a single transistor array including a plurality of emitter leads and a single thermal...
7271658 Electric component for high frequency power amplifier  
An RF power module in which operating voltage is controlled by a control signal based on amplitude information includes a temperature detecting device which is provided over a semiconductor chip...
7268617 Doherty microwave amplifier and signal processing method thereof  
A Doherty microwave amplifier having a main amplifier and a peaking amplifier, distributing and inputting an input signal to the main amplifier and the peaking amplifier to obtain an output signal...
7265629 Circuit and method for automatic gain control  
A system for generating a supply voltage, temperature and process compensated gain control voltage from a digital data word. In particular, the compensated gain voltage control voltage maintains a...
7256653 High-frequency power amplifier and communication apparatus  
A temperature compensation circuit 145 included in a collector voltage generation section 130 a applies an offset voltage Vofs(T) to a power control signal Vctrl according to a device...
7253682 Antenna amplifier  
The antenna amplifier for mobile FM radio reception includes a signal amplifier, a controllable adjusting element having a PIN diode for impedance adaptation, and a control amplifier for regulating...
7245182 High frequency amplifier circuit  
A high frequency amplifier circuit has a bias supplying transistor for supplying a bias current to an amplifying transistor, and first and second temperature compensating transistors for...
7236055 Differential amplifier circuit and method for reducing thermally induced offsets caused by large differential signals  
An amplifier includes a differential amplifier ( 10 ) having an input stage ( 20 ) for amplifying a differential input signal (Vin), and an output stage ( 6 ) coupled to the input stage ( 20 ) for...
7230492 Robust monolithic automatic bias circuit with current setting apparatus  
A bias circuit includes a regulator circuit and a current diverting circuit. The regulator circuit includes a load resistor, a first transistor, and feedback control circuitry for biasing the first...
7230494 Method and apparatus for an LNA with high linearity and improved gain control  
A method of amplifying an input signal comprises providing a semiconductor die, forming an LNA input stage having a transconductance, on the semiconductor die, and desensitizing the LNA input stage...
7230493 Bias circuit with threshold voltage change compensation function and temperature change compensation function  
A bias circuit which applies a bias voltage to a control terminal of a first active element for an RF signal amplification, includes a threshold voltage change compensation circuit and a first...
7227246 Matching circuits on optoelectronic devices  
An apparatus comprises a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes an optoelectronic device and a matching circuit. The second substrate includes a driver circuit. A...