Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Impedance matching circuit capable of efficiently isolating paths for multi-band power amplifier
- Patent Title (中): 阻抗匹配电路能够有效隔离多波段功率放大器的路径
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Application No.: US12732409Application Date: 2010-03-26
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Publication No.: US08643449B2Publication Date: 2014-02-04
- Inventor: Jung Hyun Kim , Un Ha Kim , Sang Hwa Jung , Young Kwon
- Applicant: Jung Hyun Kim , Un Ha Kim , Sang Hwa Jung , Young Kwon
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Main IPC: H03H7/38
- IPC: H03H7/38

Abstract:
In accordance with a representative embodiment, an impedance matching circuit for use at an output stage of a power amplifier is disclosed. The impedance matching circuit comprises: an input port for receiving a frequency band signal; and a plurality of paths, each path being allocated with a principal band signal to be transmitted therethrough and including a path on-off network and a fixed-value impedance matching network. Depending on a type of the received frequency band signal, the path on-off network is configured to activate a selected one of the plurality of paths by rendering an input impedance of the selected path to have a lower absolute magnitude so that the signal is transmitted therethrough, and to deactivate the remaining paths of the plurality of paths by rendering the input impedance thereof to have a higher absolute magnitude so that the signal is not transmitted therethrough. The fixed-value impedance matching network matches a load impedance of the output port of each path to the input impedance thereof, thereby rendering the input impedance thereof to have a prescribed reference value with respect to the principal band signal when said path is activated by the path on-off network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110234316A1 IMPEDANCE MATCHING CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF EFFICIENTLY ISOLATING PATHS FOR MULTI-BAND POWER AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2011-09-29
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