Patent ID: 7649416
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: H03F

Abstract:
1. A method for sharing one or more load inductors comprising: receiving a first input signal at a first terminal of a first amplifier; amplifying the first input signal using the first amplifier, wherein the first amplifier is coupled to one or more load inductors at a second terminal of the first amplifier and is coupled to one or more dedicated source inductors at a third terminal of the first amplifier; receiving a second input signal at a first terminal of a second amplifier; amplifying the second input signal using the second amplifier, wherein the second amplifier is coupled to the one or more load inductors at a second terminal of the second amplifier and is coupled to one or more dedicated source inductors at a third terminal of the second amplifier; and disabling the amplification of the first amplifier during a first time period in which the second amplifier is amplifying the second input signal and disabling the amplification of the second amplifier during a second time period in which the first amplifier is amplifying the first input signal.