Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Doherty power amplifier
- Patent Title (中): 多赫蒂功率放大器
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Application No.: US12302207Application Date: 2007-05-18
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Publication No.: US07973600B2Publication Date: 2011-07-05
- Inventor: Dae-Kyu Yu
- Applicant: Dae-Kyu Yu
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: WiPAM, Inc.
- Current Assignee: WiPAM, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP.
- Priority: KR10-2006-0050788 20060607
- International Application: PCT/KR2007/002424 WO 20070518
- International Announcement: WO2007/142414 WO 20071213
- Main IPC: H03F1/07
- IPC: H03F1/07

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a power amplifier; and, more particularly, to a Doherty power amplifier. The power amplifier includes at least one carrier amplifier; at least one peaking amplifier arranged in parallel with the carrier amplifier in such a manner that the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier collectively operate as a Doherty amplifier; a plurality of input matching circuits, at least one of which is respectively connected to an input ends of the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier; at least one impedance control circuit, each of which is connected to an output end of each carrier amplifier for controlling a load line impedance of the said each carrier amplifier; at least one output matching circuit directly or indirectly connected to output ends of the impedance control circuit and the peaking amplifier; and at least one first delay circuit for matching delays between the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier. The present invention provides an improved Doherty power amplifier capable of achieving a further miniaturization and integration while maintaining an advantage in terms of efficiency and linearity of a Doherty power amplifier by employing an improved output and input matching method, and capable of operating more similar to the ideal operation of a Doherty power amplifier by applying an improved input power division method thereto.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090273398A1 DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2009-11-05
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