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AssigneeRenesas Electronics Corporation
InventorsKenichi Shimamoto, Hisanori Namie
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The RF power amplifier apparatus has an RF power amplifier and a power-supply circuit. The power-supply circuit controls the level of a source voltage supplied to the RF power amplifier in response to the level of a power-control signal. A sensing resistance produces a sense signal Vsen corresponding to a source current with respect to a source voltage. The current-control unit controls the source current ILDO in response to the sense signal Vsen. When Vsen coincides with an allowable sense signal level Vsh corresponding to a source current allowable level ILDO(Max), the current-control unit controls the source current ILDO to a limit current smaller than the allowable level ILDO(Max). Preferably, the limit current is a shutdown current when a shutdown switch is in an OFF state. Thus, the draining of the battery of a mobile-phone terminal can be reduced even when an impedance mismatch condition lasts for a long time.
An RF power amplifier apparatus comprising:
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