Patent · US Expired

Optimization of error loops in distributed power amplifiers

US6972622B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 12, 2003
Grant dateDec 6, 2005
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03F3/211
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Several feed-forward RF power amplifiers configured for use in a distributed array, each having a main amplifier within a carrier null loop and an error amplifier within an error loop. Each carrier null loop includes a switch configured to selectively disable the carrier null loop, thereby disabling the carrier null loop, and injecting an actual RF signal into the error loop allowing the error loop to be optimized using the actual RF signal.

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