Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Signal combiner having a tuned termination circuit on an isolation port for a Doherty power amplifier
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Application No.: US17411034Application Date: 2021-08-24
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Publication No.: US11764734B2Publication Date: 2023-09-19
- Inventor: Kunal Datta , Reza Kasnavi , Aleksey A. Lyalin
- Applicant: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Chang & Hale LLP
- Main IPC: H03F1/02
- IPC: H03F1/02 ; H03F3/19 ; H03F1/56 ; H03F3/24 ; H03F3/72

Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a signal combiner for a Doherty power amplifier architecture, the signal combiner including a termination circuit on an isolation port, the termination circuit being tuned to improve performance of the Doherty power amplifier. The architecture includes a carrier amplifier and a peaking amplifier. The peaking amplifier modulates the load seen by the carrier amplifier, allowing the carrier amplifier to remain in high-efficiency, saturated operation even at back-off. This load modulation can be achieved using impedance matching networks having an impedance matched to a specific frequency. The architectures include tuned or tailored signal combiners with termination circuits on isolation ports. The termination circuits are tuned or tailored for particular operating frequencies to enhance operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210384868A1 SIGNAL COMBINER HAVING A TUNED TERMINATION CIRCUIT ON AN ISOLATION PORT FOR A DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2021-12-09
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