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- Patent Title: Composite amplifier, a radio terminal and a method for improving the efficiency of the composite amplifier
- Patent Title (中): 复合放大器,无线电终端以及提高复合放大器效率的方法
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Application No.: US12741432Application Date: 2007-11-19
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Publication No.: US08384475B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Ulf Gustavsson , Richard Hellberg
- Applicant: Ulf Gustavsson , Richard Hellberg
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Coats & Bennett, P.L.L.C.
- International Application: PCT/SE2007/050866 WO 20071119
- International Announcement: WO2009/067054 WO 20090528
- Main IPC: H03F3/68
- IPC: H03F3/68

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a composite amplifier (3, 4, 120), a radio terminal (100) including such composite amplifier and to a method for improving the efficiency of such composite amplifier in particular. The composite amplifier according to embodiments of the present invention is arranged to be connected to an output combiner network (43, 53, 63, 73, 83) and to a load (49, 130). the output combiner network comprising at least one dynamically tuneable reactance (47, 48). The instantaneous efficiency of the composite amplifier (3, 4, 120) is increased by tuning the impedances/admittances seen by each of said at least two power amplifiers (41, 42, 71, 72). The amplifiers being differently driven and they may further be part of a Chireix outphasing system or a pair of a Doherty amplifier.
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