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US08928413B1 Broadband class-E outphasing amplifier with asymmetrical shunt tuned switches system and related method 有权
宽带类E外相放大器具有不对称分流调谐开关系统及相关方法

  • Patent Title: Broadband class-E outphasing amplifier with asymmetrical shunt tuned switches system and related method
  • Patent Title (中): 宽带类E外相放大器具有不对称分流调谐开关系统及相关方法
  • Application No.: US13674203
    Application Date: 2012-11-12
  • Publication No.: US08928413B1
    Publication Date: 2015-01-06
  • Inventor: David W. Cripe
  • Applicant: David W. Cripe
  • Applicant Address: US IA Cedar Rapids
  • Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
  • Current Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
  • Current Assignee Address: US IA Cedar Rapids
  • Agent Angel N. Gerdzhikov; Donna P. Suchy; Daniel M. Barbieri
  • Main IPC: H03F3/68
  • IPC: H03F3/68 H03F3/193 H03F3/217
Broadband class-E outphasing amplifier with asymmetrical shunt tuned switches system and related method
Abstract:
A method, device and system is disclosed for high efficiency power amplification of a signal over a broad range of output power. Two broad-banded, parallel-tuned class E power amplifiers are combined through a lossless half wave transmission line combiner and configured to operate in an outphased arrangement to permit amplitude modulation. Asymmetrical shunt tuned switches are tuned for efficient amplitude modulation while asymmetrical drain inductors provide enhanced efficiency at outphased conditions over that of a symmetrical circuit. The drain source inductors and transmission components are tuned for maximum efficiency at full power output and for minimum dissipation a zero power output. At zero degrees outphasing, the circuit operates as a conventional Class-E power amplifier. However, at 180 degrees outphasing, each quarterwave line in the combiner reflects back all incident power, permitting the circuit to operate as an unloaded resonant switching circuit.
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