Outphasing transmitters with improved wireless transmission performance and manufacturability
US10014887B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 14, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2001/045
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An outphasing transmitter includes a decomposition block, first and second power amplifiers, and antennas in a phased array antenna panel. The decomposition block decomposes a composite input signal into first and second decomposed radio frequency (RF) signals. The first and second decomposed RF signals are coupled to the first and second power amplifiers respectively. First and second non-overlapping sub-arrays of the antennas may be uniquely associated with the first and second power amplifiers respectively. Alternatively, first and second groups of interleaved antenna rows may be uniquely associated with the first and second power amplifiers respectively. Alternatively, first and second random pluralities of the antennas may be randomly hard-wired to the first and second power amplifiers respectively. Alternatively, first and second pluralities of the antennas may be dynamically and selectably assigned to the first and second power amplifiers respectively.
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