System and method of enabling a signal processing device in a relatively fast manner to process a low duty cycle signal
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorRussell John Fagg
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AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorRussell John Fagg
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A system and method of improving the power efficiency of a receiver for low duty cycle applications. In one aspect, the receiver includes a low noise amplifier (LNA) that is capable of being enabled in a relatively quick fashion so as to amplify an incoming signal when needed, and then being disabled to set the LNA in a low power consumption mode. In particular, the LNA includes a pair of complimentary devices, and an enable circuit adapted to quickly cause the complimentary devices to conduct substantially the same current. In another aspect, a bias voltage generating apparatus is provided that uses a residual voltage from a prior operation to establish the current bias voltage for the LNA. In particular, the apparatus includes a controller adapted to tune an adjustable capacitor to a capacitance based on a residual voltage applied to a fixed capacitor, and couple the capacitors together to establish the bias voltage.
An apparatus, comprising:
A method of processing an input signal, comprising:
An apparatus, comprising:
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A watch, comprising:
A sensing device, comprising:
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