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US 10,554,177 B2Granted
Quadrature combined doherty amplifiers
AssigneeSkyworks Solutions, Inc.
InventorsAleksey A. Lyalin, Philip John Lehtola, Bo Pan, Weimin Sun
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for quadrature combined Doherty amplifiers are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a separator is used to separate a radio frequency (RF) input signal into a plurality of input signal components that are amplified by a pair of Doherty amplifiers operating in quadrature. Additionally, a combiner is used to combine a plurality of output signal components generated by the pair of Doherty amplifiers, thereby generating an RF output signal exhibiting quadrature balancing.
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A radio frequency system comprising:
- a separator configured to separate a radio frequency input signal into a first pair of input signal components and a second pair of input signal components having a quadrature phase relationship with respect to the first pair of input signal components;
- a first Doherty amplifier configured to generate a first pair of amplified signal components based on amplifying the first pair of input signal components;
- a second Doherty amplifier configured to generate a second pair of amplified signal components based on amplifying the second pair of input signal components;
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- a combiner configured to generate a radio frequency output signal based on combining the first pair of amplified signal components and the second pair of amplified signal components, the combiner including first plurality of passive elements configured to generate a first combined signal based on combining the first pair of amplified signal components, a second plurality of passive elements configured to generate a second combined signal based on combining the second pair of amplified signal components, and a power combiner configured to generate the radio frequency output signal based on combining the first combined signal and the second combined signal.
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A radio frequency system comprising:
- a separator configured to separate a radio frequency input signal into a first pair of input signal components and a second pair of input signal components having a quadrature phase relationship with respect to the first pair of input signal components;
- a first Doherty amplifier configured to generate a first pair of amplified signal components based on amplifying the first pair of input signal components;
- a second Doherty amplifier configured to generate a second pair of amplified signal components based on amplifying the second pair of input signal components;
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- a combiner configured to generate a radio frequency output signal based on combining the first pair of amplified signal components and the second pair of amplified signal components, the combiner including a first pair of quarter wavelength transmission line sections operable to generate a first combined signal based on combining the first pair of amplified signal components, a second pair of quarter wavelength transmission line sections operable to generate a second combined signal based on combining the second pair of amplified signal components, and a power combiner configured to generate the radio frequency output signal based on combining the first combined signal and the second combined signal.
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A radio frequency system comprising:
- a separator configured to separate a radio frequency input signal into a first pair of input signal components and a second pair of input signal components having a quadrature phase relationship with respect to the first pair of input signal components, the separator including a power splitter including an input port, a thru port, a first conductive coil connecting the input port to the thru port, an isolation port adjacent to the input port, a coupling port adjacent to the thru port, a second conductive coil connecting the isolation port to the coupling port, a first center tap port connected to about a center of the first conductive coil, and a second center tap port connected to about a center of the second conductive coil;
- a first Doherty amplifier configured to generate a first pair of amplified signal components based on amplifying the first pair of input signal components;
- a second Doherty amplifier configured to generate a second pair of amplified signal components based on amplifying the second pair of input signal components;
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- a combiner configured to generate a radio frequency output signal based on combining the first pair of amplified signal components and the second pair of amplified signal components.
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A mobile device comprising:
- a transceiver configured to generate a radio frequency input signal;
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- a front end system including a power amplifier configured to amplify the radio frequency input signal to generate a radio frequency output signal, the power amplifier including a separator configured to separate the radio frequency input signal into a first pair of input signal components and a second pair of input signal components having a quadrature phase relationship with respect to the first pair of input signal components, a first Doherty amplifier configured to generate a first pair of amplified signal components based on amplifying the first pair of input signal components, a second Doherty amplifier configured to generate a second pair of amplified signal components based on amplifying the second pair of input signal components, and a combiner configured to generate the radio frequency output signal based on combining the first pair of amplified signal components and the second pair of amplified signal components, the combiner including a power combiner including an input port, a thru port, a first conductive coil connecting the input port to the thru port, an isolation port adjacent to the input port, a coupling port adjacent to the thru port, a second conductive coil connecting the isolation port to the coupling port, a first center tap port connected to about a center of the first conductive coil, and a second center tap port connected to about a center of the second conductive coil.
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