Patents
US 12744496 B2: Thermal droop compensation in power amplifiers
- Granted
- 2026-09-22
- Filed
- 2023-11-10 application 18388595
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Systems and methods for thermal droop compensation in power amplifiers are disclosed. In one aspect, a droop compensation circuit is added to a temperature-sensitive active bias circuit in a power amplifier chain. The droop compensation circuit relies on current mirroring to draw a trigger current that may be used by a correction circuit to create an additional bias signal that offsets temperature-induced droop in the power amplifier. Variations contemplate where the bias signal is injected within the power amplifier chain and what form the correction circuit may take (e.g., an attenuator, a variable gain amplifier (VGA), or the like). By compensating for temperature droop in this fashion, rapid pulsing signals that generate rapid pulses of heat may be transmitted across an effectively linear power amplifier chain without having to deal with droop effects.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 (ipgb20260922.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qorvo US, Inc. 1,491 patents | US company or organization | Greensboro, NC | QORVO US, INC. Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Bellantoni | San Jose, CA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 | ||
| Michael Kevin O'Neal | Saratoga, CA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 | ||
| Charles Page | Los Gatos, CA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H03F | Amplifiers | H03F1/30 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
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