1009results about "High frequency amplifiers" patented technology

The invention discloses a digital pre-distortion method, system and device and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of aerospace communication. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a first input signal and a first actual output signal of the power amplifier, and acquiring a thermal state characteristic; constructing a three-dimensional dynamic baseline; superposing the detection sequence into the first input signal to obtain a second input signal, obtaining a corresponding second actual output signal, and predicting an ideal output signal of the second input signal; extracting a harmonic component generated after the detection sequence passes through a power amplifier, and determining a distortion early warning moment; recording a third input signal after the distortion early warning moment; constructing a virtual test signal according to the third input signal, and predicting to obtain a reference output signal; and comparing the difference between the distortion output signal and the reference output to obtain a distortion feature vector, constructing a dynamic increment compensation function, and correcting the signal processing flow of the power amplifier based on the dynamic increment compensation function. And the accuracy of digital pre-distortion is improved.

The utility model relates to a radio frequency power amplification circuit with a harmonic suppression function and a radio frequency chip. The radio frequency power amplification circuit comprises an input matching unit, a first-stage power amplification unit, a first-stage bias unit, a first-stage power supply unit, an inter-stage matching unit, a second-stage power amplification unit, a second-stage bias unit, a second-stage power supply unit and an output matching unit. According to the utility model, the LC type trap circuits are designed and used in the power supply unit and the inter-stage matching unit, so that secondary, tertiary and high-order harmonic suppression is realized in the radio frequency power amplification circuit; meanwhile, based on LC circuit structures in the power supply unit and the inter-stage matching unit, the inter-stage matching bandwidth is widened, and the linearity of the multi-stage power amplification unit is improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of radio frequency generator circuits, and provides a phase-locking frequency-stabilizing multi-core control radio frequency system, which processes I / Q signals and constructs a multi-core task allocation and cooperation mechanism through a digital baseband processing module, and performs pre-distortion processing and system scheduling. The double-closed-loop control module is used for stabilizing fundamental frequency, correcting temperature drift and compensating and adjusting frequency swing amplitude; the hybrid power amplification module is used for performing multi-stage hybrid power amplification signal processing and temperature monitoring through a driving stage and output stage combined topology; and the feedback sampling network module collects output signals in real time through a directional coupler and feeds back, adjusts and precisely controls the frequency stability according to the output signals.

Disclosed is a technology related to a low noise amplifier applied between an RF receiver and an RF switch. A phase difference matching circuit having the same phase difference as a positive gain amplifier is added to an output terminal of an attenuator of a low noise amplifier having a variable gain switching structure. In addition, a variable impedance circuit connected to an output terminal of the positive gain amplifier and an output terminal of a phase difference matching unit to finely adjust the phase difference of each output terminal may be further included.

A power amplifier device includes a transistor die with an elongated bondpad coupled to a terminal of an integrated transistor. The device also includes a substrate formed from a stack of alternating dielectric and patterned conductive layers. An elongated die contact is exposed at a first substrate surface and is attached to the elongated bondpad to provide a uniform connection between the die contact and the elongated bondpad. A vertical interconnect structure is connected to the die contact and extends towards the second substrate surface. A circuit includes passive component(s) coupled to the second substrate surface and to the vertical interconnect structure. An encapsulation material layer covers the passive component(s) and the second substrate surface. A plurality of device interconnects are coupled to the substrate, electrically coupled to the power transistor die, and exposed at a contact surface of the power amplifier device.

The invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication, and provides a power amplifier, a power amplification module and a multi-mode multi-frequency power amplifier, the power amplifier comprises a first-stage low-frequency power amplifier, a second-stage low-frequency power amplifier, a harmonic suppression circuit, a first output matching circuit, a first filter circuit and a second filter circuit; the first-stage low-frequency power amplifier and the second-stage low-frequency power amplifier are used for amplifying low-frequency-band signals, the harmonic suppression circuit is used for suppressing harmonic waves output by the first-stage low-frequency power amplifier and the second-stage low-frequency power amplifier, and the output end of the first output matching circuit is used for outputting signals; and the first output end of the first filter circuit and the output end of the second filter circuit respectively provide filtered power supply voltage for the first-stage low-frequency power amplifier and the second-stage low-frequency power amplifier. According to the invention, the harmonic leakage of the multi-mode multi-frequency power amplifier can be optimized.

An electronic device electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first antenna, a second antenna, memory, comprising one or more storage media, storing instructions, and at least one communication processor communicatively coupled to the first antenna, the second antenna, and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one communication processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to during an operation in a mode in which data is transmitted to a cellular network via the first antenna and the second antenna, identify a number of uplink layers allocated by the cellular network to the electronic device, in case that the number of uplink layers allocated to the electronic device during a specified time satisfies a specified condition, change an operation mode related to impedance matching of at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna from a first mode for improving performance of at least one antenna to a second mode for reducing consumption of an amplifier electrically connected to the at least one antenna, and perform the impedance matching of the at least one antenna in the second mode.

According to the radio frequency power amplifier and the radio frequency chip provided by the utility model, the input end of the input matching circuit is used for receiving a radio frequency signal, the output end of the input matching circuit is connected with the input end of the power amplifier, and the first end of the filter circuit is used for connecting an external power supply voltage; the output end of the power amplifier is connected with the second end of the filter circuit, the first end of the trap circuit and the input end of the strong coupling transformer, the second end of the trap circuit is grounded, the output end of the strong coupling transformer is used for outputting radio frequency signals, the first end of the high-order trap circuit is connected with the output end of the strong coupling transformer, and the second end of the high-order trap circuit is grounded. And the second end of the high-order trap circuit is grounded. Compared with the prior art, the radio frequency power amplifier has the advantages that the radio frequency matching area is effectively reduced, the space and the cost of the radio frequency power amplifier are saved, and meanwhile, the efficiency and the performance of the radio frequency power amplifier are effectively improved through the structural design of the strong coupling transformer.

An electronic device may include a transmitter coupled to an antenna over a signal path that runs through a front end module. The front end module may include a power amplifier disposed on the signal path. The front end module may include first, second, and / or third signal attenuators disposed on the signal path between an input of the amplifier and the transmitter. The front end module may include a voltage sensor that measures a bias voltage of the amplifier, a temperature that measures a temperature of the amplifier, and / or an impedance sensor that measures an impedance of the antenna. The first signal attenuator may be adjusted based on the measured bias voltage, the second signal attenuator may be adjusted based on the measured temperature, and the third signal attenuator may be adjusted based on the measured impedance to mitigate changes in the amplifier as operating conditions change over time.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to electronic components and, more particularly, to circuitry for signal amplification for transmission. One example apparatus generally includes: a modem; a controller; a feedforward path coupled between the modem and the bias controller; and an amplifier having a main amplification path and an auxiliary amplification path, wherein the controller is configured to provide at least one bias signal for biasing the auxiliary amplification path based on information associated with a transmission signal, the information being provided by the modem to the controller via the feedforward path.

The invention discloses a Ka-band 2000W solid-state power amplifier, which relates to the field of power amplifiers, and comprises a Ka monitoring and pre-stage power amplifier, a Ka final-stage power amplifier and a Ka high-power synthesis network, the Ka monitoring and pre-stage output end is in flexible connection with the eight Ka last-stage power amplifiers, and the Ka last-stage power amplifiers are in hard connection with the Ka high-power synthesis network through waveguides. A solid-state system is adopted for design, a domestic GaN solid-state power amplifier chip is utilized for synthesis, the power amplifier adopts a low-voltage working mode, the power chip is long in service life, the linear index of the power amplifier is good, and the power amplifier is different from the defects that a vacuum tube power amplifier is large in size and weight, has breakdown risks during high-voltage working and cannot respond to emergency scenes immediately. The Ka-band high-power amplifier is a development trend of a Ka-band high-power amplifier, and has the advantages of high output power and convenience in maintenance.

Bidirectional variable gain amplifiers (VGAs) for radio frequency (RF) communication systems are provided. In certain embodiments, a bidirectional VGA includes a first amplifier having an input coupled to a transmit / receive port, a second amplifier having an output coupled to a transmit port, a third amplifier having an input coupled to a receive port, a fourth amplifier having an output coupled to the transmit / receive port and to the input of the first amplifier, and a switch circuit that connects an output of the first amplifier to an input of the second amplifier in a transmit mode, and that connects an output of the third amplifier to an input of the fourth amplifier in a receive mode.

Apparatus and methods for power amplifier signal limiting are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a front-end system includes a low noise amplifier that amplifies a radio frequency receive signal during a receive frame, a power amplifier that amplifies a radio frequency transmit signal during a transmit frame, and a signal limiter operable to limit a signal power of the power amplifier in an attenuating mode. The signal limiter includes a radio frequency detector configured to generate a detection signal based on detecting a power level of the radio frequency transmit signal, and a latch that locks the signal limiter in the attenuating mode in response to activation of the detection signal. The latch is reset by a bias signal of the power amplifier that is activated during the transmit frame and deactivated during the receive frame.

Systems and techniques are provided for power amplifier gain error compensation for a Digital Power Amplifier (DPA). In some aspects, a compensation method includes obtaining in-phase (I) and quadrature-phase (Q) components of a baseband sample corresponding to in-phase input amplitude codes and quadrature-phase input amplitude codes. The in-phase input amplitude codes can be distorted based on first gain pre-compensation information corresponding to an in-phase signal branch of the DPA, to generate pre-distorted output amplitude codes of the I component. The quadrature-phase input amplitude codes can be distorted based on second gain pre-compensation information corresponding to a quadrature-phase signal branch of the DPA, to generate pre-distorted output amplitude codes of the Q component. The DPA can be driven using the pre-distorted output amplitude codes of the I and Q components to generate a Radio Frequency (RF) output.

An impedance matching network for a radio frequency (RF) transmission system can include first port for coupling to a first transistor differential pair. The network can further include a second port for coupling to a second transistor differential pair. The network can further include a matching network connected to the first port and the second port, the matching network comprised of a pair of coupled lines. Other aspects are described.

The embodiment of the invention provides a radio frequency power amplifier and a radio frequency front-end module. The radio frequency power amplifier comprises a first radio frequency amplification circuit, a second radio frequency amplification circuit, a first transformer, a second transformer and a coupler, the first radio frequency amplification circuit is used for outputting a first radio frequency signal, and the second radio frequency amplification circuit is used for outputting a second radio frequency signal; the first transformer comprises a first coil and a second coil, and the second transformer comprises a third coil and a fourth coil; the first coil is connected with the first radio frequency amplification circuit, and the second coil is coupled with the first coil to output a first coupling signal corresponding to the first radio frequency signal; the third coil is connected with the second radio frequency amplification circuit, and the fourth coil is coupled with the third coil to output a second coupling signal corresponding to the second radio frequency signal; the coupler is used for performing power synthesis on the first coupling signal and the second coupling signal to output a synthesized signal. The radio frequency power amplifier and the radio frequency front-end module have better bandwidth performance.

Signal processing circuitry configured to receive an input signal and to output a processed output signal, wherein the signal processing circuitry is configured to: receive an indication of a temporal location of a transient in the input signal; and provide, in the processed output signal, a masking signal bridging the temporal location of the transient to mask the transient.

According to embodiments, a method performed by an electronic device includes: identifying a channel bandwidth; identifying one or more active DPD units among a plurality of DPD units of a digital pre-distortion (DPD) circuit based on the channel bandwidth and amount of resource allocated within the channel bandwidth; generating a DPD output signal of the DPD circuit based on the one or more active DPD units; generating an amplifier output signal based on the DPD output signal of the DPD circuit, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and a power amplifier (PA). While the DPD output signal is generated, at least one DPD unit different from the one or more active DPD units among the plurality of DPD units of the DPD circuit is deactivated.

An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a processor, a transceiver circuit, a front-end module, and an antenna. The front-end module may include amplifier circuitry such as a low noise amplifier for amplifying received radio-frequency signals. The amplifier circuitry may include non-linearity suppression circuitry that suppresses or reduces non-linear behavior of components such as a core amplification transistor and a degeneration inductor within the amplifier circuitry. The non-linearity suppression circuitry may include an intermodulation distortion suppression circuit having an auxiliary amplification transistor. The non-linearity suppression circuitry may include a frequency-selective filter coupled to the degeneration inductor.

Apparatuses and systems implementing an amplifier module are described. The amplifier module can include a substrate. A driver amplifier die, a splitter network, an output amplifier die, a bias controller, and a combiner network can be coupled to the substrate. The driver amplifier die can be configured to receive an input radio frequency (RF) signal. The splitter network can be configured to split an intermediate RF signal outputted from the driver amplifier die into first and second RF signals. The output amplifier die can be configured to receive the first and second RF signals. The bias controller can be configured to bias the driver amplifier die and the output amplifier die. The combiner network can be configured to combine first and second outputs of the output amplifier die to generate an output RF signal and terminate at least one harmonic of the output amplifier die's output impedance.

A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier based on transformer matching is provided. The RF power amplifier includes: a first-stage amplification circuit configured with an input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the output terminal of the first-stage amplification circuit is configured to be connected to one terminal of a main coil of a first transformer; the first transformer configured to include the main coil and a secondary coil, wherein one terminal of the secondary coil is grounded and the other terminal of the secondary coil is connected to a medium-low power mode input terminal of a power switch; the second-stage amplification circuit configured with an input terminal for receiving the amplified RF signal from the first-stage amplification circuit, wherein an output terminal of the second-stage amplification circuit is configured to be connected to a high power mode input terminal of the power switch.

The embodiment of the invention provides a receiving front-end amplifier, a signal amplification method and network equipment. The receiving front-end amplifier comprises a current mode logic unit which is used for converting a first single-ended input signal into a differential signal according to a reference voltage locally generated by the receiving front-end amplifier; the negative capacitance unit is used for expanding the bandwidth of the differential signal; and the conversion unit is used for converting the differential signal after bandwidth expansion into a second single-ended signal and outputting the second single-ended signal. According to the embodiment of the invention, based on the current mode logic, negative capacitance and differential-to-single-ended three-stage circuit design, the problems of insufficient bandwidth, reduced signal quality and over-high power consumption during single-ended signal input can be effectively solved, and the effect of enhancing the high-speed signal processing performance is achieved.

Radio frequency devices are presented that include input termination paths for use during calibration of these devices using test equipment. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit is disclosed. The integrated circuit may include an input terminal; an amplifier circuit; an input path connecting the input terminal to the amplifier circuit; and a calibration switch connected in series to a resistor to form a calibration path. In some embodiments, the calibration path is connected to the input path, and wherein the calibration switch is configured to be in a closed state during calibration of the amplifier circuit and in an open state after completion of the calibration of the amplifier circuit.

A power amplifier system is disclosed with a carrier amplifier having a carrier bias input and a carrier supply node and a peaking amplifier having a peaking bias input and a peaking supply node. Also included is an envelope tracking power supply having a modulated voltage supply output coupled to the peaking supply node. Further included is a peaking bias controller having a peaking bias control input coupled to the peaking supply node and a peaking bias control output coupled to the peaking bias input, wherein the peaking bias controller is configured to generate in response to a modulated peaking supply voltage generated by the envelope tracking power supply at the peaking supply node a modulated peaking bias signal that controls bias of the peaking amplifier.

Apparatus and methods for fast and accurate biasing of LNAs are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an LNA includes an amplification circuit that amplifies a radio frequency (RF) input signal, and a biasing circuit that generates a bias voltage for the amplification circuit based on comparing a sensed bias current through the amplification circuit to a reference current.

The invention discloses a temperature compensation circuit, a power amplifier and a radio frequency front-end module. The temperature compensation circuit comprises a temperature compensation module, a current source module and a control module. The temperature compensation module is used for outputting a first temperature compensation voltage under the condition that the environment temperature is smaller than or equal to a first temperature threshold value; the current source module is connected between the temperature compensation module and the output port and is used for converting the temperature compensation voltage output by the temperature compensation module into control current; the current source module is provided with at least two current adjusting gears, and the control module is connected with the current source module. When the first temperature compensation voltage output by the temperature compensation module is in positive correlation with the environment temperature, and the environment temperature is smaller than or equal to a first temperature threshold value (namely, the low-temperature environment), the control current is reduced accordingly, so that the offset signal of the compensated power amplifier is synchronously reduced, and the offset signal of the power amplifier is synchronously reduced. The working gain of the power amplifier in a low-temperature environment can be reduced, so that the durability of the power amplifier is improved.

The invention discloses a high-power modular radio frequency power amplifier capable of realizing wide-range power regulation. The high-power modular radio frequency power amplifier comprises a radio frequency load RL and m power amplification modules, the m power amplification modules are connected in parallel at a direct current side and are connected with an adjustable direct current bus voltage source; and the m power amplification modules are connected in parallel at the alternating current side and are superposed at the alternating current side. The output current of all the power amplification modules is transmitted to the radio frequency load RL; each power amplification module comprises a high-frequency switch power amplification unit, an LCL resonance network and an isolation transformer. According to the invention, through the configuration of the number of the power amplification modules and the adjustable cooperative control of the DC bus voltage source, the continuous adjustment of the output power is realized, meanwhile, the stable operation of each power amplification module under the resonance condition is ensured, the zero-voltage switching state is maintained, and the overall operation efficiency of the architecture and the adaptability of the radio frequency load are effectively improved.

A power amplifier comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a first emitter follower, a first bias resistor, and coupling circuitry configured to couple the first bias resistor to a base of the first transistor, the first bias resistor, the second bias resistor, and an emitter of the first emitter follower at a first node, and a base of the first emitter follower to the second transistor.

Wireless circuitry can include a first filter circuit configured to output signals in a first frequency range, a second filter circuit configured to output signals in a second frequency range different than the first frequency range, and a signal combiner having a first input coupled to the first filter circuit and having a second input coupled to the second filter circuit. The wireless circuitry can further include a first switchable impedance matching circuit coupled between an antenna and the first filter circuit and a second switchable impedance matching circuit coupled between the antenna and the second filter circuit. The first and second filter circuits can be active filters such as lowpass-to-bandpass conversion filters operable in different frequency bands.

Envelope tracking power amplifiers with advanced gain shaping are provided. In certain implementations, a power amplifier system includes a power amplifier that amplifies a radio frequency (RF) signal and an envelope tracker that controls a voltage level of a supply voltage of the power amplifier based on an envelope of the RF signal. The power amplifier system further includes a gain shaping circuit that generates a gain shaping current that changes with the voltage level of the supply voltage from the envelope tracker. For example, the gain shaping circuit can include an analog look-up table (LUT) mapping a particular voltage level of the supply voltage to a particular current level of gain shaping current. Additionally, the gain shaping circuit biases the power amplifier based on the gain shaping current.