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Doherty amplifier

US8471638B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 2011
Grant dateJun 25, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 12, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03F2201/3233
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An amplifier includes a Doherty amplifier composed of a distributor distributing an input signal to two signals, a carrier amplifier that receives one of the two signals and has a first FET, a peaking amplifier that receives the other one of the two signals and has a second FET, and a combiner that transforms an output impedance of the carrier amplifier and combines outputs of the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier, and a voltage controller that changes at least one of a gate voltage and a drain voltage supplied to at least one of the first FET and the second FET in accordance with a frequency of the input signal when the frequency of the input signal varies.

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