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Power management in an electronic system through reducing energy usage of a battery and/or controlling an output power of an amplifier thereof

  • US 9,275,690 B2
  • Filed: 05/30/2012
  • Issued: 03/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • forming a power control circuit through coupling a gate switch array between a buffer stage at an input of the power control circuit and an amplifier array comprising N amplifier stages in parallel to each other, N>

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    coupling each of the N amplifier stages to a corresponding gate switch of the gate switch array; and

    controlling an output power of the power control circuit by switching at least one appropriate gate switch of the gate switch array to apply an input signal from the buffer stage to a corresponding at least one amplifier stage coupled to the at least one appropriate gate switch such that a maximum output power is achieved when all of the N amplifier stages are turned on and a minimum output power is achieved when only one amplifier stage is turned on.

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