System and method for RF power control

• US 7,366,483 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2003
• Issued: 04/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Accton Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Accton Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, I-Ru
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Tu
• Application Number:
  US10/739,322
• Publication Number:
  US 20050136869A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,593 Days
• Field of Search: 455/245.1, 455/232.1, 455/234.2, 455/239.1, 455/127.1, 455/2, 455/115.3, 455/102, 455/114.2, 455/273, 455/522, 330/297, 330/278, 330/273, 330/285
• US Class Current: 455/127.1
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/004 Control by varying the supply voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/0416 having gain or transmission power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/267 taking into account the information rate

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for radio frequency (RF) power control that can adjust and transmit the RF power to the transmitting device according to the data rate under which the RF signal is going to transmit.

Claims

1. A system for radio frequency (RF) power control comprising:

a control unit for generating a control signal according to a data rate;

a transmitting unit for transmitting a RF signal; and

a power supply unit, coupled to the control unit, for providing power to the transmitting unit according to the control signal, the power supply unit has a switching device for switching an output of the power according to the control signal,

the transmitting unit has a power-amplifying unit for receiving the power and an inlet RF signal, and amplifying the inlet RF signal to output the RF signal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the RF signal is a wireless local area network (WLAN) signal.

3. The system of claim 1. wherein the control signal provides a data rate indicator far assigning the data rate to a predetermined rate range.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the power supply unit further comprises:

a voltage adjusting device for adjusting a voltage level of the power.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the power supply unit further comprises:

a current adjusting device for adjusting a current level of the power.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the power supply unit at least provides a high power corresponding to a high data rate, mid a low power corresponding to a low data rate.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the control unit is built in a baseband processor/media access control (BBP/MAC).