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7629843 Parallel power amplifier and associated methods  
A method and apparatus is provided for use in power amplifiers where multiple parallel power amplifiers provide various output power levels. By selectively enabling and disabling the parallel power...
7630505 Loudspeaker system  
There is provided a low-cost loudspeaker system which can adjust attenuation and provide protection against an excessive input. Between input terminals and a loudspeaker unit is provided a serial...
7619478 Operational amplifier having its compensator capacitance temporarily disabled  
An operational amplifier includes a differential amplifier connected between an input and an output port of the operational amplifier, a phase compensator capacitance connected between the...
7616055 Transmitter apparatus with extended gain control  
A transmitter includes a first variable gain amplifier (VGA) and a second VGA coupled to an output of the first VGA. The first and second VGAs each comprise a plurality of parallel gain stages....
7616054 Multiple output power mode amplifier  
A multi-mode power amplifier and an electronic device including the amplifier are described.
7612607 Small size power amplifier with amplifiers switched  
A small size power amplifier includes a first amplifier provided for a first signal path; a second amplifier provided for said first signal path; and a third amplifier provided for a second signal...
7605648 Power amplifier  
A power amplifier according to the present invention is operated by switching a main power amplifier and a subsidiary power amplifier. The idle current of the subsidiary power amplifier is smaller...
7602927 Guitar amplifier with channel-dedicated power switching  
An amplifier for electric guitar including a plurality of foot switch selectable preamplifier channels which can be set to provide differing sonic characteristics, and also including a power...
7602237 Amplifying circuit  
In an amplifying circuit, a first and a second switches are provided between an input terminal and output terminal of coupling capacitor and amplifier, and these switches are set in OFF state in a...
7602238 Power amplifier  
An amplifier element amplifies RF signals. An emitter follower unit drives the amplifier element at a constant voltage corresponding to a reference voltage supplied to a reference terminal from...
7598804 Amplifier circuit  
There is provided an amplifier circuit including a plurality of unit amplifiers connected in parallel to an input signal terminal, wherein each of the unit amplifiers includes: a first switch...
7598807 Differential amplifier circuit, voltage regulator using the differential amplifier circuit, and method for controlling the differential amplifier circuit  
A differential amplifier circuit, a voltage regulator using the differential amplifier circuit, and a method for controlling the differential amplifier circuit. The circuit includes a differential...
7598808 Gigabit ethernet transceiver with analog front end  
Circuitry to remove switches from signal paths in integrated circuit programmable gain attenuators. Programmable gain attenuators and programmable gain amplifiers commonly switch between signal...
7589588 High-frequency power amplifier and radio communication equipment using the same  
A high-frequency power amplifier comprising: a plurality of power amplifiers arranged in parallel; an inductance element inserted in series in an input signal line of said each power amplifier; an...
7589589 Power amplifying apparatus and mobile communication terminal  
A power amplifying apparatus includes an input terminal configured to receive an input signal, a first power amplifier biased for class A or class AB operation which is configured to amplify the...
7586372 Programmable gain-frequency profile amplifier  
A programmable gain-frequency profile amplifier is disclosed that includes a first gain amplifier amplifying an electrical signal based on a first gain-frequency profile, and one or more second...
7583139 Power-efficient automatic gain control  
A multi-stage amplifier configured for processing a received baseband signal comprises a plurality of fixed-gain amplifier stages and an automatic gain control (AGC) module. Each amplifier stage...
7579909 Bypass circuit for radio-frequency amplifier stages  
An amplifier circuit includes an amplifier and a phase shifter coupled in parallel to the amplifier and switchable such that the phase shifter has a first impedance for an alternating signal in an...
7576587 On-chip source termination in communication systems  
A communication system includes an integrated circuit (IC) die having an on-chip source termination. The on-chip source termination can be a non-precision resistor, such as an unsilicided poly...
7565116 High frequency module  
A high frequency module comprises a layered substrate. Inside the layered substrate, a reception diplexer for processing reception signals and a transmission diplexer for processing transmission...
7564302 Method and system for gain control and power saving in broadband feedback low-noise amplifiers  
Methods and systems for gain control and power saving in broadband feedback low-noise amplifiers are disclosed and may include controlling gain, power and/or a noise figure by selectively enabling...
7554394 Power amplifier circuit  
In a third operation in an amplifier, in which first and second amplifier circuits amplify a input signal, a distribution circuit adjusts the power of the signal supplied to the first amplifier...
7554392 Multiple output power mode amplifier  
A multi-mode power amplifier and an electronic device including the amplifier are described.
7554390 Method and system for transitioning between operation states in an output system  
A closed loop amplifier system comprising a modulator that provides a pulse-width modulated (PWM) output signal based on an input signal, the modulator having a variable closed loop transfer...
7545220 Method for shaping signal pulses  
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for shaping an input signal S on which is input to a multi-stage amplifier arrangement, to provide a definable output signal contour S off ....
7538609 Amplifier, transmitter arrangement having an amplifier and method for amplifying a signal  
An amplifier includes a signal input, a first, second and third amplification path. A coupling element having a first and a second output terminal is coupled to respective input terminals of the...
7532066 Bias network with stable transient response  
Embodiments of apparatuses, articles, methods, and systems for a bias network providing a stable transient response are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
7528657 Baseband filter start-up circuit  
An electrical circuit comprises a plurality of amplifiers. Each of the plurality of amplifiers comprises an input circuit in communication with an input of the amplifier and a start-up circuit in...
7518448 Amplifier mode switch  
A power amplifier includes a main amplifier having a first output. An auxiliary amplifier has a second output coupled to the first output. A splitter splits a RF input into a first input provided...
7518446 Multi-mode power amplifier with reduced low power current consumption  
A multi-mode RF amplifier is disclosed having high and low output power modes composed of two power paths. When the multi-mode RF amplifier is biased into the high power, HP, mode, substantial...
7519190 Circuit for reducing pulse noise caused at switching of an analog audio processing circuit  
A noise reduction circuit for reducing pulse noise caused at switching of an analog audio processing circuit comprises a voltage division resistor circuit, an end of the voltage division resistor...
7514994 Amplifier with high output power dynamic  
The invention concerns an amplifier comprising a specific number of N active elements ( 11 to 1 N) coupled in parallel to a load impedance ( 2 ) via an adaptive device ( 3 ) including at least a...
7515882 Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture for a multi-band switch  
The invention is directed to a multi-band switch having a transmitter switching section with a plurality of transmission ports, and a receiver switching section with a plurality of receiver ports,...
7508259 Differential amplifier and data driver for display  
Disclosed is a differential amplifier comprising first and second terminals for receiving signals; a third terminal for outputting a signal; first and second differential pairs, each having an...
7508260 Bypassable low noise amplifier topology with multi-tap transformer  
An amplifier is disclosed that contains a transistor (BJT), a switch (MOSFET), and a transformer. The collector of the BJT is connected to an end of the transformer while the base of the BJT is...
7501893 Variable gain amplifier circuit  
A variable gain amplifier circuit capable of eliminating circuit elements and the area for circuits when formed into an integrated circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes plural differential...
7501887 Controllable amplifier and its use  
A controllable amplifier is disclosed. The amplifier includes two current paths which couple an input to an output of the controllable amplifier. Each current path has a respective transistor which...
7498877 Power amplifier with automatic switching function  
A power amplifier with automatic switching functions is disclosed. The power amplifier can variably control output power of circuits as all of the circuits are operated when relatively large power...
7498847 Output driver that operates both in a differential mode and in a single mode  
An output driver of a semiconductor memory device that operates in a differential mode and in a single mode is disclosed. The output driver includes a current supplying circuit that operates as a...
7495509 Audio power amplifier  
A smart protection circuit to prevent possible circuit malfunction or damage due to sudden power source voltage fluctuation is introduced. In case of quick and large voltage fluctuation in power...
7489191 Circuit and method for reducing bias noise in amplifier circuits  
An amplifier circuit and method for reducing bias noise is disclosed. The amplifier circuit includes a passive biasing source for supplying a desired bias signal to the amplifier and an active...
7486133 Transmitting output stage with adjustable output power and process for amplifying a signal in a transmitting output stage  
In one embodiment of a transmitting output stage, a first controllable amplification device with a first amplification factor and a second amplification device with a second amplification factor...
7486136 Power amplifier  
A power amplifier has at least a first amplifier circuit with an output port and at least a second amplifier circuit with an output port. The power amplifier further has at least a coupler with a...
7486135 Configurable, variable gain LNA for multi-band RF receiver  
A configurable LNA architecture for a multi-band RF receiver front end comprises a bank of LNAs, each optimized to a different frequency band, wherein each LNA has a configurable topology. Each LNA...
7486132 Variable capacitor circuit and integrated circuit containing the same  
A variable capacitance circuit includes a MOS capacitor, and an application voltage switching section configured to change an application voltage to the MOS capacitor to change a capacitance of the...
7486134 High efficiency load insensitive power amplifier  
An advanced balanced RF power amplifier circuit is provided. The RF power amplifier has a pair of RF amplification paths constructed to efficiently operate in a high-power mode. When instructed to...
7482866 Audio system with power-on/off noise suppression and audio amplifier thereof  
An audio system with power-on/off noise suppression and an audio amplifier thereof are disclosed. The audio system includes a front stage circuit and an audio amplifier. The front stage circuit is...
7479827 Multi-mode power amplifier with high efficiency under backoff operation  
A multi-mode RF amplifier is disclosed having high and low output power modes and two power paths. A first RF amplifier delivers power to both paths. When the multi-mode RF amplifier is biased into...
7477101 Fast charge circuit for use in amplifiers  
According to an exemplary embodiment, an amplification module includes a bias circuit coupled to an input of an amplifier, where the bias circuit is configured to charge the input of the amplifier...
7471154 Bias circuit for maintaining high linearity at cutback power conditions  
To improve operation during cutback power mode by reducing gain expansion, sections of a multi-section amplifier are selectively biased. During cutback power condition, fewer than all sections of...