Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Directional coupler architecture for radio frequency power amplifier
- Patent Title (中): 射频功率放大器的定向耦合器结构
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Application No.: US13363905Application Date: 2012-02-01
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Publication No.: US08699975B1Publication Date: 2014-04-15
- Inventor: Bernd Schleicher , Ezio Perrone , Christian Bildl , Volker Wannenmacher
- Applicant: Bernd Schleicher , Ezio Perrone , Christian Bildl , Volker Wannenmacher
- Applicant Address: US OH Hillsboro
- Assignee: TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Hillsboro
- Agency: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04B1/04
- IPC: H04B1/04 ; H03G3/30 ; H01P5/16

Abstract:
Various embodiments may provide a circuit including a radio frequency (RF) power amplification module having an RF power amplifier. The RF power amplification module may further include a directional coupler coupled with the RF power amplifier and configured to produce a power signal at a coupling port of the directional coupler corresponding to an output power of the RF power amplifier. The RF power amplification module may further include a switch coupled between the coupling terminal and a sensing path to selectively couple the coupling port with a power detector via the sensing path. The RF power amplification module may further include a termination load coupled to an isolation port of the directional coupler. Some embodiments may include a plurality of RF power amplification modules coupled together by the sensing path.
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