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| 8180306 | VSWR compensation circuits for RF transmit chain The present invention provides a method and apparatus for compensating the output of a transmitter stage (50) of a communications system. A communications apparatus has a transmitter stage (50) providing a variable control voltage which varies the powe... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175556 | Methods for optimizing power amplifier settings for operation at different radio-frequency bands Electronic devices such as cellular telephones may include wireless communications circuitry such as power amplifiers. Power amplifiers, transmission lines, and other circuit associated the power amplifiers may generate different amounts of heat depending on their o... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175555 | Apparatus and method for termination powered differential interface periphery An apparatus and method for supplying power to the peripheral circuits of a transmitter circuit, especially an HDMI transmitter circuit, is disclosed. In an HDMI transmitter the termination resistors of the output driver are part of the receiver. DC power for the dr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8160519 | Compensating for variations in the response of a power supply Apparatus includes an equalizer having a signal input, a control input and an output; a controllable power supply having a control input and an output, the input of the controllable power supply being coupled to the output of the equalizer; a power amplifier having ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160518 | Multi-mode transceiver having tunable harmonic termination circuit and method therefor A transceiver includes a harmonic termination circuit that receives a tunable harmonic voltage from a power amplifier control. The harmonic termination circuit includes a variable capacitor that is capable of adjusting its capacitance in response to the tunable harm... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150340 | Heating control system A heating control system, monitoring system and predictive maintenance radio sensor system. The heating control system comprises at least one temperature transducer element having a downstream voltage transformer; an energy storage device which is electrically coupl... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150341 | Apparatus for transmitting a signal below a standard transmit power in a network A transmitter includes a detection element to determine when a current power requirement of a communication link is less than the standard transmit power. The current power requirement may be determined by a current operation condition of the communication link, for... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150339 | 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 vo... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145159 | Method and apparatus for optimizing output power levels in power amplifiers Some embodiments discussed relate to an apparatus comprising a power amplifier module. The power amplifier module includes a plurality of sensors, and a first digital communication port configured to provide a monitor signal from at least one of the plurality of sen... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145158 | Bias circuit for a radio frequency power-amplifier and method therefor A wireless communication unit comprises a transmitter having a power amplifier biased by a bias circuit and a controller operably coupled to the bias circuit for setting one or more bias levels of the power amplifier. The bias circuit is a single bias circuit and is... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145157 | High efficiency modulation This disclosure is directed to techniques for increasing the power efficiency of a modulator. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135364 | Method and apparatus for controling output power of communication equipment Communication equipment includes a circuit generating an RF input signal; a PA receiving a supply voltage, receiving the RF input signal, and providing an amplified version of the RF input signal as an output signal that is associated with an output power of the com... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135363 | Method and system for an integrated circuit supporting auto-sense of voltage for drive strength adjustment Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method for integrated circuit supporting auto-sense of voltage for drive strength adjustment. The method may comprise detecting an input voltage received at an auto-sense pad integrated on a mobile multimedia pr... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131234 | Transmitter utilizing a duty cycle envelope reduction and restoration modulator A broad power band transmitter utilizing a duty cycle modulator achieves 80dB of power range for 3G signals. The present invention greatly improves the efficiency of transmitters used in mobile phones, for example, by using the duty cycle modulator during medium and... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8116704 | Switching power supply Methods and systems for enhancing system efficiency in a power amplification, modulation, and transmission system are provided. Embodiments include determining output power characteristics of a selected modulation scheme to be employed in data transmission, determin... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112048 | Method and apparatus to manage power consumption of a semiconductor device Briefly, a method an apparatus of a power management system of a semiconductor device capable of managing a power consumption of the semiconductor device by varying an operating voltage of the semiconductor device according to a voltage value based on a reference nu... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107903 | Radio frequency amplification circuit utilizing variable voltage generator Embodiments of apparatuses, methods, and systems for a radio frequency amplification circuit utilizing a variable voltage generator are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107902 | Method and apparatus for optimizing current consumption of amplifiers with power control Apparatus and method for reducing the current consumption and increasing the efficiency of an RF power amplifier (PA), according to which the load, connected to the output stage of the PA, tuned dynamically or statically for each level of the desired output power. B... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103226 | Power amplifier saturation detection In a portable radio transceiver, a power amplifier system includes a saturation detector that detects power amplifier saturation in response to duty cycle of the amplifier transistor collector voltage waveform. The saturation detection output signal can be used by a... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103225 | Multiport amplifiers in communications satellites Feedback loops are used within a Multiport Amplifier (MPA) of a communications satellite to maintain phase and amplitude tracking and hence isolation and combining performance. at Ku and Ka-bands, for which there is increasing interest in MPA applications, and where... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099066 | System and method for controlling true output power of a transmitter A transmitter power control system includes a voltage detector that generates a voltage signal that is proportional to an output voltage of a power amplifier of a transmitter. A voltage scaler scales the output voltage of the power amplifier using a voltage scaling ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099065 | Transmitting apparatus and method Communication with less noise is to be performed. A voltage value control signal functioning as an instruction to change the voltage value supplied from a voltage converting section to an LFI is output from a CPU. A driving section for the LFI outputs the control si... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095090 | RF power amplifier controller circuit A power amplifier controller circuit controls a power amplifier based upon an amplitude correction signal indicating the amplitude difference between the amplitude of the input signal and an attenuated amplitude of the output signal. The power amplifier controller c... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095092 | Power efficient transmitter with high dynamic range One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transistor matching. The power transmitter comprises a first, second, and third amplification path. The paths are selectively activated and deactivated to output a received signal with high efficiency a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095093 | Multi-mode transmitter having adaptive operating mode control Methods and apparatus for transmitting communications signals that are both power efficient and effective at avoiding or reducing transmitter-generated receive band noise. An exemplary transceiver apparatus includes a multi-mode transmitter that is configurable to o... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095091 | Transmit power amplification control for wireless device A system and method are disclosed for controlling transmit power amplification in a wireless transmitting device. A processor receives data to determine whether a communication channel from a transmitting device to a receiving device is strong enough to support a ta... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086192 | Method and system for power control with optimum power efficiency with a multi-port distributed antenna Methods and systems for power control with optimum power efficiency with a multi-port distributed antenna are disclosed and may include selectively enabling one or more power amplifiers (PAs) coupled to the antenna. The selective enabling may be based on a desired o... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073410 | System and method for closed loop power control calibration A system for calibrating a closed power control loop includes an adder configured to inject a test signal into an adjustable element, a first peak detector configured to determine an amplitude of the injected test signal, a second peak detector configured to determi... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073411 | System and method for detecting radio frequency signals over a range of powers The present invention is directed to a power detection circuit for use in a wireless transmitting device. The circuit makes use of multiple gain paths so that two or more scaling factors are provided. Each scaling factor allows the detector circuit to provide more A... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073409 | System and method for controlling transmitter output levels in a wireless communications device A system and method are disclosed for controlling transmitter output levels in a wireless communications device. The system comprises: a transmitter configured to accept an adjusted transmit bias control value and to supply a transmitter output level in response to ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064854 | Device and method of radio wave transmission In a transmitter device of a smart entry system for a vehicle, a transmitter antenna is provided between a variable power circuit and the ground, and is controlled by a switching circuit to transmit a searching radio wave. The transmission power of the antenna, that... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064856 | Modulation system and method for switched amplifiers A power amplifier includes a baseband modulator configured to receive a baseband amplitude component and generate a baseband modulated pulse string, an oscillator configured to receive a baseband phase component and generate phase modulated complex carrier signals, ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064855 | Transmission power controller A transmission apparatus has two modes of power amplifier operation, in which mode 1 is inherently accurate, mode 2 is inherently less accurate, and measurement of a power amplifier output from mode 1 is used to correct a power amplifier output ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060039 | Methods and apparatus for reestablishing a data connection with a wireless communication network Methods and apparatus for use in a wireless communication device for communications with a wireless communication network are described. In one illustrative technique, the wireless device sends a message to the wireless network which causes data connection parameter... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8045939 | Method for controlling a linear amplifier and power amplifier arrangement The present invention relates to a method for controlling an amplifier unit having at least one drive signal input connection 1, at least one power supply voltage input connection 2 and an output connection 4. The amplifier unit comprises at lea... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041315 | Method and a device for adjusting power amplifier properties A method and a device for tuning power amplifier (PA, 203) properties such as back-off. A peak-to-average value (PAR) of the amplifier input signal is first obtained by control means (206) and then used for adjusting the power amplifier (203) wi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032096 | Method and system for compensating for antenna pulling Methods and systems for wireless communication are disclosed herein and may include sampling a portion of a transmitted wireless signal which gets coupled to receiver circuitry in a receive chain during transmission via an antenna. The DC level corresponding to the ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032095 | Method and apparatus for detecting carrier leakage in a wireless or similar system A method and circuit for indicating signal faults in wireless transmissions, particularly, a carrier leak, includes an input to receive a wireless signal, a bias detector that detects a bias in a portion of the signal and outputs a bias value indicative of the bias,... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023910 | Communication apparatus and method, and functional module A communication apparatus includes: a casing into which liquid is injected; two metal plates disposed so as to come into contact with the liquid within the casing; and a transmission/reception unit configured to transmit/receive an electric signal with the two metal... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019294 | Control circuit and dithering method There is provided a control circuit of a switch mode power supply including a random number generator configured to form an optimized n-degree polynomial based on the minimum power-on cycle time in order to form a uniform distribution of output signals, a switch con... | 09/13/2011 |
