GB2531532B - Radio frequency amplifier - Google Patents

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GB2531532B
GB2531532B GB1418622.5A GB201418622A GB2531532B GB 2531532 B GB2531532 B GB 2531532B GB 201418622 A GB201418622 A GB 201418622A GB 2531532 B GB2531532 B GB 2531532B
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James Donoghue Bryan
Phillips Desmond
Tan Robert
Peter-Contesse Herve
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Priority to US15/520,378 priority patent/US10686417B2/en
Priority to PCT/GB2015/053126 priority patent/WO2016063038A1/en
Priority to CN201580068612.7A priority patent/CN107005206A/zh
Priority to KR1020177013571A priority patent/KR20170087879A/ko
Priority to JP2017540329A priority patent/JP6734286B2/ja
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    • H03F3/217—Class D power amplifiers; Switching amplifiers
    • H03F3/2175—Class D power amplifiers; Switching amplifiers using analogue-digital or digital-analogue conversion
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    • H03M3/412—Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the number of quantisers and their type and resolution
    • H03M3/422—Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the number of quantisers and their type and resolution having one quantiser only
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    • H03M3/458—Analogue/digital converters using delta-sigma modulation as an intermediate step
    • H03M3/466—Multiplexed conversion systems
    • H03M3/468—Interleaved, i.e. using multiple converters or converter parts for one channel, e.g. using Hadamard codes, pi-delta-sigma converters
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    • H03M7/3002—Conversion to or from differential modulation
    • H03M7/3004—Digital delta-sigma modulation
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    • H03F2200/00—Indexing scheme relating to amplifiers
    • H03F2200/171—A filter circuit coupled to the output of an amplifier
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H03M3/00—Conversion of analogue values to or from differential modulation
    • H03M3/30—Delta-sigma modulation
    • H03M3/458—Analogue/digital converters using delta-sigma modulation as an intermediate step
    • H03M3/466—Multiplexed conversion systems
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GB1418622.5A GB2531532B (en) 2014-10-20 2014-10-20 Radio frequency amplifier
EP15790637.1A EP3210299A1 (en) 2014-10-20 2015-10-20 Radio frequency amplifier
US15/520,378 US10686417B2 (en) 2014-10-20 2015-10-20 Radio frequency amplifier
PCT/GB2015/053126 WO2016063038A1 (en) 2014-10-20 2015-10-20 Radio frequency amplifier
CN201580068612.7A CN107005206A (zh) 2014-10-20 2015-10-20 射频放大器
KR1020177013571A KR20170087879A (ko) 2014-10-20 2015-10-20 무선 주파수 증폭기
JP2017540329A JP6734286B2 (ja) 2014-10-20 2015-10-20 無線周波数増幅器

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