US Patent Issued to Qorvo US on Sept. 23 for "Power amplifier with clamp and feedback protection circuitry" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,985, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Qorvo US Inc. (Greensboro, N.C.).

"Power amplifier with clamp and feedback protection circuitry" was invented by Baker Scott (San Jose, Calif.), Chong Woo (Fremont, Calif.), George Maxim (Saratoga, Calif.), Sukchan Kang (San Francisco) and Hui Liu (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power amplifier with clamp and feedback protection circuitry is disclosed. In one aspect, the power amplifier is initially protected by a fast-acting clamp circuit whose overall size is relatively limited. Subsequent operation allows a comparatively slowly acting feedback loop to dominate the protection of...