Method, system, and apparatus for RF switching amplifier
View Patent ↗Embodiments of RF switching amplifiers are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
1. An apparatus for amplifying an RF modulated signal for transmission on a network having micro-burst transmission slots and having a minimum noise floor, including:
a gain signal module for receiving an RF signal amplification gain signal and generating a first pre-amplifier gain signal and a first amplifier gain signal;
a pre-amplifier module for receiving a first pre-amplifier gain signal and amplifying an RF modulated signal during a specific transmission slot based on the first pre-amplifier gain signal with a first noise floor outside the specific transmission slot;
an amplifier module for receiving a first amplifier gain signal and further amplifying the RF modulated signal during the specific transmission slot based on the first amplifier gain signal with a second noise floor outside the specific transmission slot;
wherein the second noise floor is greater than the first noise floor and the first noise floor is less than the minimum noise floor.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further including a pre-amplifier gain control module for receiving a first pre-amplifier gain signal and generating a second pre-amplifier signal, the pre-amplifier module for receiving a second pre-amplifier gain signal and amplifying an RF modulated signal based on the second amplifier gain signal.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 , further including an amplifier gain control module for receiving a first amplifier gain signal and generating a second amplifier signal, the amplifier module for receiving a second amplifier gain signal and amplifying an RF modulated signal based on the second amplifier gain signal.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , the amplifier module including at least one transistor.
5. The apparatus of claim 2 , the pre-amplifier gain control module including at least one transistor.
6. The apparatus of claim 3 , the amplifier gain control module including at least one transistor.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , the amplifier module including at least one CMOS transistor.
8. The apparatus of claim 3 , the amplifier module including at least one CMOS transistor, the pre-amplifier gain control module including at least one CMOS transistor, and the amplifier gain control module including at least one CMOS transistor.
9. The apparatus of claim 3 , the amplifier module including at least one N-type CMOS transistor, the pre-amplifier gain control module including at least one P-type CMOS transistor, and the amplifier gain control module including at least one P-type CMOS transistor.
10. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the network is a GSM cellular network.
11. A method of amplifying an RF modulated signal for transmission on a network having time limited transmission slots and having a minimum noise floor, including:
employing a gain signal module to receive an RF signal amplification gain signal and generate a first pre-amplifier gain signal and a first amplifier gain signal;
employing a pre-amplifier module to receive a first pre-amplifier gain signal and amplify an RF modulated signal during a specific transmission slot based on the first pre-amplifier gain signal with a first noise floor outside the specific transmission slot;
employing an amplifier module to receive a first amplifier gain signal and further amplify the RF modulated signal during the specific transmission slot based on the first amplifier gain signal with a second noise floor outside the specific transmission slot;
wherein the second noise floor is greater than the first noise floor and the first noise floor is less than the minimum noise floor.
12. The method of claim 11 , further including employing a pre-amplifier gain control module to receive a first pre-amplifier gain signal and generate a second pre-amplifier signal and employing the pre-amplifier module to receive a second pre-amplifier gain signal and amplify an RF modulated signal based on the second amplifier gain signal.
13. The method of claim 12 , further including employing an amplifier gain control module to receive a first amplifier gain signal and generate a second amplifier signal and employing the amplifier module to receive a second amplifier gain signal and amplify an RF modulated signal based on the second amplifier gain signal.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the amplifier module includes at least one transistor.
15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the pre-amplifier gain control module includes at least one transistor.
16. The method of claim 3 , wherein the amplifier gain control module includes at least one transistor.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the amplifier module includes at least one CMOS transistor.
18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the amplifier module includes at least one CMOS transistor, the pre-amplifier gain control module includes at least one CMOS transistor, and the amplifier gain control module includes at least one CMOS transistor.
19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the amplifier module includes at least one N-type CMOS transistor, the pre-amplifier gain control module includes at least one P-type CMOS transistor, and the amplifier gain control module includes at least one P-type CMOS transistor.
20. The method of claim 13 , wherein the network is a GSM cellular network.