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(11) EP 1 573 905 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
14.09.2005 Bulletin 2005/37

(21) Application number: 03778618.3

(22) Date of filing: 10.12.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7H03F 1/52, H03F 1/56
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2003/005939
(87) International publication number:
WO 2004/054096 (24.06.2004 Gazette 2004/26)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 12.12.2002 US 432939 P

(71) Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)

(72) Inventors:
  • OSMAN, Saleh
    Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510-8001 (US)
  • KEENAN, Richard, F.
    Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510-8001 (US)
  • LUCEK, Jaroslaw
    Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510-8001 (US)

(74) Representative: Eleveld, Koop Jan 
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards, P.O. Box 220
5600 AE Eindhoven
5600 AE Eindhoven (NL)

   


(54) PRESERVING LINEARITY OF AN ISOLATOR-FREE POWER AMPLIFIER BY DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING BIAS AND SUPPLY OF ACTIVE DEVICES