FULLY INTEGRATED POWER AMPLIFIER EMPLOYING TRANSFORMER COMBINER WITH ENHANCED BACK-OFF EFFICIENCY

A fully integrated power amplifier (PA) employing a transformer combiner with enhanced back-off efficiency includes a first PA to amplify a first radio frequency (RF) signal and a second PA to amplify a second RF signal. A first variable capacitor is coupled between differential output nodes of the...

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Hauptverfasser:	AFSAHI, Ali, MAGOON, Vikram, WANG, Hongrui
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AMPLIFIERS BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THIR OWNENERGY USE CONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS PRINTED CIRCUITS TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE TRANSMISSION
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Zusammenfassung:	A fully integrated power amplifier (PA) employing a transformer combiner with enhanced back-off efficiency includes a first PA to amplify a first radio frequency (RF) signal and a second PA to amplify a second RF signal. A first variable capacitor is coupled between differential output nodes of the first PA. A second variable capacitor is coupled between differential output nodes of the second PA. The differential outputs of the first PA and the second PA are coupled via respective first and second transformers to a load. Capacitance values associated with the first and second variable capacitors are dynamically adjustable based on an amplitude of the RF signal to achieve a desired power efficiency at an output power level.