Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Doherty amplifier with adjustable alpha factor
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Application No.: US16682842Application Date: 2019-11-13
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Publication No.: US11190144B2Publication Date: 2021-11-30
- Inventor: Michael P. Gaynor
- Applicant: pSemi Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: pSemi Corporation
- Current Assignee: pSemi Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Jaquez Land Greenhaus McFarland LLP
- Agent John Land, Esq.
- Main IPC: H03F3/68
- IPC: H03F3/68 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F3/21

Abstract:
A Doherty amplifier circuit having a tunable impedance and phase (“TIP”) circuit to provide an adjustable alpha factor, which allows for a selection of power added efficiency (PAE) curves that are useful for applications having different modulations or to meet other criteria. Embodiments include a Doherty amplifier having a TIP circuit that provides for tunability of the impedance ZINV (resulting in an adjustable alpha factor) while maintaining the phase of the output of the carrier amplifier at 90° (for a selected polarity)±a low phase variation. Embodiments of the TIP circuit include one or more series-connected TIP cells comprising at least one TIP circuit combined with a tunable phase adjustment circuit. In operation, when the impedance of a TIP cell is adjusted, adjustments within the cell are also made to provide a phase shift correction back towards 90° (at the selected polarity).
Public/Granted literature
- US20200153389A1 Doherty Amplifier with Adjustable Alpha Factor Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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