Patents by Inventor Armando Vera Jimenez

Armando Vera Jimenez has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and apparatus of managing a power amplifier
    Patent number: 7221222
    Abstract: In the present technique for power management of a power amplifier, an amplifier bank from a plurality of amplifier banks in a power amplifier that has been switched off for a longest period of time is assessed (826) to provide a lowest amplifier bank. With this lowest amplifier bank, an up-threshold that is associated to the lowest amplifier bank is assessed (828), followed by another assessment (820) of a current power output of the power amplifier. It is next determined (830) whether the current power output corresponds at least in a predetermined way to the up-threshold, and if so, the lowest amplifier bank is accordingly switched on (832).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Leroy A. Plymale, Jr., Joseph L. Clark, Henry H. Nguyen, John S. Ruppel, Thomas L. Sears, Ronald Porco, Armando Vera Jimenez
  • Methods and apparatus of managing a power amplifier
    Patent number: 7221223
    Abstract: In the present technique for power management of a power amplifier, it is first determined (314) whether a counter value corresponds at least in a predetermined way to a counter threshold, and if so, a current status of at least one amplifier bank from a plurality of amplifier banks in a power amplifier is switched (316).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Leroy A. Plymale, Jr., Joseph L. Clark, Henry H. Nguyen, John S. Ruppel, Thomas L. Sears, Ronald Porco, Armando Vera Jimenez