Patents Assigned to Tropion, Inc. Corp.
  • Patent number: 6323731
    Abstract: The present invention, generally speaking, provides for the effective use of dynamic bias control in a switch-mode RF amplifier to achieve an output signal having wide dynamic range. In one aspect, a method is provided of amplifying an RF signal to produce a variable output signal using an amplifier including a final amplification stage having a control terminal. The method includes: applying to the control terminal of the final amplification stage a drive signal and a bias signal; and varying the bias signal as a function of a desired output power of the variable output signal. The drive signal and the bias signal together cause the final amplification stage to be driven repeatedly between two states, a hard-on state and a hard-off state, without operating in a linear operating region for an appreciable percentage of time, and the final amplification stage is controlled without continuous or frequent measurement and feedback adjustment of the variable output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Tropion, Inc. Corp.
    Inventor: Earl W. McCune, Jr.