摘要:
An amplifying structure includes a main amplifier configured to amplify a first signal; and a peak amplifier configured to amplify a second signal, each of the main amplifier and the peak amplifier including, respectively, a hybrid power device, the hybrid power device including, a first power transistor die configured to amplify signals of a first frequency, and a second power transistor die configured to amplify signals of a second frequency different than the first frequency.
摘要:
A method of optimizing performance of a multiple path amplifier includes: splitting an input signal to derive a respective sub-signal for each branch of the multiple path amplifier; independently pre-distorting each sub-signal using a known performance characteristic of its associated branch of the multiple path amplifier; and supplying each pre-distorted sub-signal to its associated branch of the multiple amplifier.
摘要:
A die is described comprising at least one 3-way Doherty amplifier (100) comprising a main stage (120), a first peak stage (130) and a second peak stage(140). An input network (110) includes a first impedance connected to an input of the first peak stage (130) and providing a -90° phase shift and a second impedance connected to an input of the second peak stage (140) and providing a 90° phase shift. An output network (150) includes a third impedance connected to the output of the first peak stage (130) and providing a 180° phase shift and a fourth impedance connected to the output of the main stage (120) and providing a 90° phase shift.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a Doherty power amplifying circuit. The Doherty power amplifying circuit includes at least two asymmetrical two-branch power devices, and each of the at least two asymmetrical two-branch power devices includes two power amplifiers; and in the at least two asymmetrical two-branch power devices, one power amplifier included in each asymmetrical two-branch power device separately forms a peak power amplifier of the Doherty power amplifying circuit, and the other power amplifiers included in all the asymmetrical two-branch power devices jointly form a main power amplifier of the Doherty power amplifying circuit. The present invention further correspondingly discloses a power amplifier. The use of the Doherty power amplifying circuit and the power amplifier in the present invention helps improve heat dissipation of the main power amplifier, and reduce the number of devices of a circuit, an area of the circuit, and costs.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention provide a power amplifier, a transceiver, and a base station. The power amplifier includes: a signal control unit, configured to generate a mode control signal and an auxiliary power amplifier control signal; a signal processing unit, configured to separately process an envelope signal and a radio-frequency signal; an envelope modulator, configured to output a fixed voltage or output an amplified envelope signal under the control of the mode control signal; a primary power amplifier, configured to perform amplification processing on the received radio-frequency signal that is input from the signal processing unit; and at least one auxiliary power amplifier, configured to operate or be disabled under the control of the auxiliary power amplifier control signal, and when in an operating state, perform amplification processing on the received radio-frequency signal that is input from the signal processing unit. The power amplifier, the transceiver, and the base station that are provided in the embodiments of the present invention optimize operating performance of the power amplifier.
摘要:
A Doherty amplifier (100) for amplifying an input signal to an output signal, the Doherty amplifier (100) comprising: a main amplifier (110) for receiving a first signal and for amplifying the first signal to generate a first amplified signal; a first peak amplifier (112) for receiving a second signal and for generating a second amplified signal, the first peak amplifier (112) only operating when the second signal has reached a first threshold power, the first and second signal split from the input signal; and output circuitry (106) to combine the first and second amplified signals to generate an output signal having an operating bandwidth, the output circuitry (106) comprising inductors (124, 126) arranged in the format of a branch line coupler, the inductors (124, 126) coupled to the output parasitic capacitances of the main (110) and peak amplifier (112).
摘要:
A Doherty amplifier has a distributor for branching an input signal into two signals, a carrier amplifier to which one of the signals is inputted from the distributor, a peak amplifier to which another signal of the signals is inputted from the distributor, and a synthesizer for synthesizing output signals from the carrier amplifier and the peak amplifier. The carrier amplifier has a compound semiconductor device with at least two terminals. The peak amplifier has a single element semiconductor device. Bias voltages having the same polarity are applied to the two terminals of the compound semiconductor device.