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| 20090061803 | DIFFERENTIAL TO SINGLE-ENDED CONVERSION FOR RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES - In an exemplary embodiment, a circuit is disclosed comprising a plurality of inputs, each input to receive a radio frequency waveform from a plurality of differential input waveforms having different phases; and an inverter circuit to invert a waveform from the plurality of differential inputs waveforms to a substantially same phase as a non-inverted input waveform. The circuit further comprises a combiner node to combine the inverted and the non-inverted input waveforms into an output waveform. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090115253 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SELECTABLE VOLTAGE SUPPLY - A circuit which selects a supply voltage from a plurality of voltage supplies is presented. The circuit includes a first transistor configured to select a first voltage supply, a second transistor configured to select a second voltage supply, a first parasitic current inhibitor coupled the first transistor, the first voltage supply, and the second voltage supply, where the first parasitic current inhibitor automatically utilizes the voltage supply providing the highest voltage for preventing a substrate current from flowing through a bulk node of the first transistor, and a second parasitic current inhibitor coupled the second transistor, the first voltage supply, and the second voltage supply, where the second parasitic current inhibitor automatically utilizes the voltage supply providing the highest voltage for preventing a substrate current from flowing through a bulk node of the second transistor. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090117864 | SWITCHABLE-LEVEL VOLTAGE SUPPLIES FOR MULTIMODE COMMUNICATIONS - Switchable voltage level supplies for circuitry in a multi-mode communications chipset are disclosed. In an embodiment, a first voltage level is supplied to TX circuitry operating in a first mode having a first set of linearity and/or noise requirements. A second voltage level lower than the first voltage level is supplied to TX circuitry operating in a second mode having a second set of linearity and/or noise requirements looser than the first set of requirements. The first mode may be operation according to the GSM standard, and the second mode may be operation according to the W-CDMA standard. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090130994 | ADJUSTABLE LOCAL OSCILLATOR PATH IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH A TRANSMITTER - A communication device includes a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver mixes a local oscillator (LO) signal with the received signal to downconvert the received signal to an intermediate frequency (IF). The LO path that feeds the LO signal to the downconverting mixer is controlled based on the transmit power of the transmitter. For high transmit power, the drive of the LO path is increased, thereby increasing the signal-to-noise ratio of the LO signal input into the mixer. For low transmit power levels, the drive to the LO path is decreased, reducing power consumption in the communication device. In this way, receiver path noise due to mixing of the LO phase noise with the self-generated transmitter signal is selectively controlled while incurring lower power consumption penalty. The communication device may be an access terminal configured for communication with a cellular radio network. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090239592 | REDUCED POWER-CONSUMPTION RECEIVERS - An exemplary embodiment disclosed comprises a mixer having a plurality of input leads; a first degenerative impedance element coupled to a first input lead of the mixer; a second degenerative impedance element coupled to a second input lead of the mixer; and a local oscillator (LO) system comprising a plurality of duty cycle modes to generate a LO signal for the mixer, the local oscillator system operates in a first duty cycle based on a first gain state of the mixer, and in a second duty cycle based on a second gain state of the mixer. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100022206 | TRANSMISSION NOISE CANCELLATION - Exemplary embodiments of the disclosure are directed to down-converting an RF signal of a transmitter to baseband, filtering the down-converted signal, and generating a composite signal based on the filtered down-converted signal and a transmission based-band signal. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100291888 | MULTI-MODE MULTI-BAND POWER AMPLIFIER MODULE - A multi-mode multi-band power amplifier (PA) module is described. In an exemplary design, the PA module includes multiple power amplifiers, multiple matching circuits, and a set of switches. Each power amplifier provides power amplification for its input signal when selected. Each matching circuit provides impedance matching and filtering for its power amplifier and provides a respective output signal. The switches configure the power amplifiers to support multiple modes, with each mode being for a particular radio technology. Each power amplifier supports at least two modes. The PA module may further include a driver amplifier and an additional matching circuit. The driver amplifier amplifies an input signal and provides an amplified signal to the power amplifiers. The additional matching circuit combines the outputs of other matching circuits and provides an output signal with higher output power. The driver amplifier and the power amplifiers can support multiple output power levels. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100308933 | TUNABLE MATCHING CIRCUITS FOR POWER AMPLIFIERS - Tunable matching circuits for power amplifiers are described. In an exemplary design, an apparatus may include a power amplifier and a tunable matching circuit. The power amplifier may amplify an input RF signal and provide an amplified RF signal. The tunable matching circuit may provide output impedance matching for the power amplifier, may receive the amplified RF signal and provide an output RF signal, and may be tunable based on at least one parameter effecting the operation of the power amplifier. The parameter(s) may include an envelope signal for the amplified RF signal, an average output power level of the output RF signal, a power supply voltage for the power amplifier, IC process variations, etc. The tunable matching circuit may include a series variable capacitor and/or a shunt variable capacitor. Each variable capacitor may be tunable based on a control generated based on the parameter(s). | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100321086 | POWER AND IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT CIRCUITS FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Exemplary embodiments disclosed are directed to power and impedance measurement circuits that may be used to measure power and/or impedance are described. A measurement circuit may include a sensor and a computation unit. The sensor may sense (i) a first voltage signal across a series circuit coupled to a load to obtain a first sensed signal and (ii) a second voltage signal at a designated end of the series circuit to obtain a second sensed signal. The sensor may mix (i) a first version of the first sensed signal with a first version of the second sensed signal to obtain a first sensor output and (ii) a second version of the first sensed signal with a second version of the second sensed signal to obtain a second sensor output. The computation unit may determine the impedance and/or delivered power at the designated end of the series circuit based on the sensor outputs. | 12-23-2010 |
