PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET - Rev 1.1

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Figure 15: PDF and Current

Figure 16: Typical Application Circuit

HELP3

TheAWU6605poweramplifiermoduleisbasedon

ANADIGICS proprietary HELP3™ technology. The

PAisdesignedtooperateupto17dBminthelow

powermode,thuseliminatingtheneedforthreegain

state, while still maintaining low quiescent current

andhighefficiencyinlowandmediumpowerlevels.

ThePAcanstillbeoperatedas3gainstatedevice

if the customer chooses to. The directional “daisy

chainable”couplerisintegratedwithinthePAmodule,

thereforethereisnoneedforexternalcouplers.

TheAWU6605 has an integrated voltage regulator,

which eliminates the need for an external constant

voltage source. The PA is turn on/off is controlled

neededtooperatethisdevice.

The DG09 power distribution (figure 15) highlights

theneedtoimprovethecurrentconsumptioninlow

andmediumpowerlevel.TheAWU6605isdesigned

tooperateupto17dBminthelowpowermodewith

verylowquiescentcurrent.Currentconsumptionfor

AWU6605isalsoplottedinthefigure5.

AWU6605 requires only two calibration sweeps for

systemcalibration,thussavingcalibrationtime.

Figure16showsoneapplicationexampleonmobile

board.C1andC2areRFbypasscapsandshould

be placed nearby pin 1 and pin 10. Bypass caps

C9andC5maynotbeneeded.Alsoa“T”matching

portstoprovidematchingbetweeninputTXFilterand

Duplexer/Isolator.

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