Radio frequency module and communication device
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsNaoya Matsumoto, Takayuki Shinozaki
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Abstract
A radio frequency module includes: a module board including a first principal surface and a second principal surface; a first power amplifier; a second power amplifier; a first output transformer connected to the first power amplifier; and a second output transformer connected to the second power amplifier. The first power amplifier and the second power amplifier are disposed on the first principal surface. The first output transformer and the second output transformer are disposed inside the module board or on the second principal surface.
Claims20
A radio frequency module, comprising:
- a module board including a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the module board;
- a first power amplifier disposed on the first principal surface and configured to amplify a transmission signal of a first frequency band;
- a second power amplifier disposed on the first principal surface and configured to amplify a transmission signal of a second frequency band different from the first frequency band;
- a first output transformer disposed inside the module board or on the second principal surface and including a first coil and a second coil;
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- a second output transformer disposed inside the module board or on the second principal surface and including a third coil and a fourth coil, wherein
- the first power amplifier includes a first amplifying element and a second amplifying element,
- the second power amplifier includes a third amplifying element and a fourth amplifying element,
- a first end of the first coil is connected to an output terminal of the first amplifying element, and a second end of the first coil is connected to an output terminal of the second amplifying element, and
- a first end of the third coil is connected to an output terminal of the third amplifying element, and a second end of the third coil is connected to an output terminal of the fourth amplifying element.
A communication device, comprising:
- an antenna;
- a radio frequency (RF) signal processing circuit configured to process radio frequency signals transmitted and received by the antenna;
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- a radio frequency module configured to transfer the radio frequency signals between the antenna and the RF signal processing circuit, wherein
- the radio frequency module includes
- a module board including a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the module board;
- a first power amplifier disposed on the first principal surface and configured to amplify a transmission signal of a first frequency band;
- a second power amplifier disposed on the first principal surface and configured to amplify a transmission signal of a second frequency band different from the first frequency band;
- a first output transformer disposed inside the module board or on the second principal surface and including a first coil and a second coil;
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- a second output transformer disposed inside the module board or on the second principal surface and including a third coil and a fourth coil, wherein
- the first power amplifier includes a first amplifying element and a second amplifying element,
- the second power amplifier includes a third amplifying element and a fourth amplifying element,
- a first end of the first coil is connected to an output terminal of the first amplifying element, a second end of the first coil is connected to an output terminal of the second amplifying element, and a first of the second coil is connected to an output terminal of the first power amplifier, and
- a first end of the third coil is connected to an output terminal of the third amplifying element, a second end of the third coil is connected to an output terminal of the fourth amplifying element, and a first end of the fourth coil is connected to an output terminal of the second power amplifier.
A radio frequency module comprising:
- a module board including a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the module board;
- a first power amplifier disposed on the first principal surface and including a first amplifying element and a second amplifying element;
- a second power amplifier disposed on the first principal surface and including a third amplifying element and a fourth amplifying, element;
- a first output transformer disposed inside the module board or on the second principal surface and including a first coil, and
- a second output transformer disposed inside the module board or on the second principal surface and including a second coil, wherein
- a first end of the first coil is connected to an output terminal of the first amplifying element, and a second end of the first coil is connected to an output terminal of the second amplifying element, and
- a first end of the second coil is connected to an output terminal of the third amplifying element, and a second end of the second coil is connected to an output terminal of the fourth amplifying element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.