690results about "High frequency amplifiers" patented technology

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The invention discloses a communication method based on a low-noise high-dynamic full-wave radio frequency channel amplification circuit, and relates to the field of wireless communication and radio frequency integrated circuits. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, sampling a baseband signal and constructing a multi-dimensional time sequence feature vector containing a historical state and a change rate; predicting a signal envelope peak value in a future time window by using a lightweight long short-term memory network (LSTM); a dynamic bias control signal is then generated based on reverse mapping and parasitic parameter compensation. Digital delay is introduced into a radio frequency main path, so that bias voltage is pre-loaded to a grid electrode of an amplifier before a radio frequency signal arrives, and negative delay control is realized; and finally driving the amplifier through asymmetric filtering. According to the invention, the problem of signal truncation distortion caused by response lag in the traditional dynamic bias technology is solved, the amplifier is in a deep AB-class or B-class state of low quiescent current for a long time while ensuring no distortion in a high dynamic range, the power consumption and the thermal noise are greatly reduced, and the signal-to-noise ratio of the system is improved.

The invention relates to amplifier noise cancellation. The wireless circuitry may include amplifier circuitry. The amplifier circuit may include: a first input transistor having a gate terminal coupled to an input terminal; a second input transistor having a gate terminal coupled to the input terminal; a first inductor coupled to a source terminal of the first input transistor; and a capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the source terminal of the first input transistor and having a second terminal coupled to the source terminal of the second input transistor. The amplifier circuit may also include a second inductor coupled between the source terminal of the second input transistor and a power line. The capacitor may be configured to resonate with the first inductor and the second inductor to provide noise cancellation at a target operating frequency.

A Differential Input, Single-ended Output Quadrature Hybrid Coupler (DISO-QHC) is based on baluns, one or two phase shifters, and a Wilkinson combiner. The DISO-QHC is configured to receive two differential, quadrature RF signals from differential PAs and output a combined, single-ended RF signal to drive an antenna element or subarray. Impedance matching transformers configured as baluns perform the differential-to-single-ended conversion and PA output impedance matching, without any requirement on coupling factor. One or two phase shifting circuits align the single-ended, quadrature RF signals in phase. A Wilkinson combiner circuit combines the power of the outputs of the phase shifting circuits. Area and losses are reduced by combining components from the phase shifting circuits with the baluns, and with the Wilkinson combiner circuit (which is implemented with lumped-reactance components rather than transmission lines). The DISO-QHC does not have a specific isolation port, but the isolation resistor within the Wilkinson combiner dissipates the differential and reflected signal from the PAs resulting from the incoming wave reflected from the antenna. The DISO-QHC is compatible with a LMBA functionality. By injecting a current at the center point of the isolation resistor in the Wilkinson combiner, the impedance at PA ports can be modulated.

A transistor device package includes a component assembly comprising an interconnect structure, a transistor die having a front surface including gate, drain, and source terminal on a first surface of the interconnect structure, and one or more passive electrical components electrically coupled to the gate, drain, and / or source terminal by the interconnect structure. A thermally conductive flange is attached to a back surface of the transistor die, which is opposite the front surface, by a conductive adhesive. Respective patterns of the conductive adhesive are provided on the first surface of the interconnect structure, and least one of the respective patterns of the conductive adhesive provides an input, output, or ground signal path for the transistor device package. Related fabrication methods are also discussed.

An amplifier device may include a signal input for receiving a reference signal and amplifier circuitry. The amplifier device has a feed-forward signal path providing a feed-forward signal. First signal combining circuitry is configured to generate an error signal representative of a difference between the reference signal and a signal proportional to an amplified signal. Signal processing circuitry is configured to process the error signal to obtain a first signal. Second signal combining circuitry is configured to combine the first signal and the feed-forward signal to obtain a combined signal which is applied to an input of the amplifier circuitry. The signal processing circuitry has a limiter coupled to a loop filter. The limiter is configured to limit an amplitude of a second signal to a predetermined value thereby obtaining a limited signal. The loop filter is configured to obtain the first signal based on the limited signal.

A method and apparatus for linearizing a transmission amplifier of a transmitter within a wireless network comprising the steps of transmitting (S1) a test signal which comprises a preamble and a ramp signal by the transmitter of the wireless network; receiving (S2) the test signal transmitted by the transmitter of the wireless network by at least one receiver of the wireless network; identifying (S3) the transmitter of the transmitted test signal by the at least one receiver of the wireless network on the basis of the preamble of the test signal received by the respective receiver of the wireless network; calculating (S4) a pre-distortion characteristic of the transmission amplifier of the identified transmitter by the at least one receiver of the wireless network on the basis of the distorted ramp signal of the test signal received by the receiver of the wireless network; transmitting (S5) a retransmission signal which comprises a preamble and the calculated pre-distortion characteristic of the transmission amplifier of the identified transmitter by the receiver of the wireless network to the identified transmitter of the wireless network; and linearizing (S6) the transmission amplifier of the transmitter on the basis of the pre-distortion characteristic of the retransmission signal received by the transmitter of the wireless network from the receiver of the wireless network.

In an embodiment, a circuit includes a first input terminal configured to be coupled to a first terminal of a first capacitor, a second input terminal configured to be coupled to a second terminal of the first capacitor, a balun including a primary inductor and a secondary inductor, and a second capacitor. The primary inductor includes a first terminal coupled to the first input terminal, a second terminal coupled to the second input terminal, a first inductive portion coupled between the first terminal of the primary inductor and a first intermediate terminal, a second inductive portion coupled between the second terminal of the primary inductor and a second intermediate terminal, and a third inductive portion coupled between the first and second intermediate terminals. The secondary inductor includes a first terminal coupled to a ground terminal. The second capacitor is coupled between the first and second intermediate terminals.

The present application can provide a voltage control device for controlling the supply voltage of a power amplifier, the voltage control device comprising: a first processing circuit configured to provide a first supply voltage to at least one driver stage amplifier of the power amplifier; and a second processing circuit configured to provide a second supply voltage to an output stage amplifier of the power amplifier, wherein the first supply voltage is generated according to an average power tracking mechanism related to an average power level of a radio frequency signal transmitted by the power amplifier. By using the present application, the supply voltage of the power amplifier can be better controlled.

A communication device includes a power amplifier that generates power signals according to one or more operating bands of communication data, with the amplitude being driven and generated in output stages of the power amplifier. The final stage can include an output passive network that suppresses suppress an amplitude modulation-to-phase modulation (AM-PM) distortion. During a back-off power mode a bias of a capacitive unit of the output power network component can be adjusted to minimize an overall capacitance variation. A output passive network can further generate a flat-phase response between dual resonances of operation.

Provided in the present application are a power amplification assembly, a power amplifier and a communication device, which relate to the technical field of communications, and are used for solving the problem of a relatively low degree of integration of a power amplifier not being conducive to realizing a compact design. In the power amplification assembly provided in the present application, both a carrier transistor and a peak transistor are located on a first surface of a substrate; a conductive layer is located on both the side of the carrier transistor that is away from the substrate and the side of the peak transistor that is away from the substrate; a first signal output terminal of the carrier transistor and a second signal output terminal of the peak transistor are connected to the conductive layer by means of a conductive structure; and the conductivity distance between the second signal output terminal and a combining point between the first signal output terminal and the second signal output terminal is less then or equal to λ / 16. In the power amplification assembly provided in the present application, a stacked structural design can be realized, and the conductive structure and the conductive layer can realize impedance matching and phase matching between the carrier transistor and the peak transistor, featuring relatively high degrees of integration and compactness.

A power amplification device includes a differential amplification circuit in which a plurality of transistors are connected in cascode connection in multi stages, in which feedback is performed from each output of at least one stage of the stages of the differential amplification circuit to an initial-stage input on a same-phase side.

A radio frequency system based on millimeter wave communication, a method for adjusting transmit power, and a terminal are provided. The radio frequency system based on millimeter wave communication includes a Doherty power amplification unit, an antenna array unit, and a micro control unit MCU, where an output end of the Doherty power amplification unit is connected to an input end of the antenna array unit, a control end of the Doherty power amplification unit and a control end of the antenna array unit are both connected to the MCU, and the MCU controls a radiation direction of an antenna in the antenna array unit; and the Doherty power amplification unit includes two power amplifiers, saturation power of the two power amplifiers is equal, a switch controller is connected in series to one of the two power amplifiers, and the MCU controls transmit power of the Doherty power amplification unit by controlling opening and closing of the switch controller.

The invention discloses a protection circuit of a power amplifier, the power amplifier and a power amplification system, and relates to the field of circuits, a detection module can judge whether the power of an input port of the power amplifier is larger than or equal to a preset value or not, and when the power of the input port of the power amplifier is larger than or equal to the preset value, a preset signal is output; therefore, the bias adjusting module can control the power tube to be turned off by controlling the bias current output by the bias circuit to be reduced, and over-input power protection of the power amplifier is achieved. The preset value which is a judgment reference of the detection module can be flexibly adjusted in a small-step mode according to requirements, the flexibility and the application range of the whole protection circuit are improved, and flexible adjustment of a critical protection point during over-input power protection is achieved.

A millimeter wave (mmW) communication system located on a millimeter wave integrated circuit (MMW-IC) includes a phase shifter selectively connected to a receive path by a first electromagnetic (EM) element and selectively connected to a transmit path by a second EM element, the first EM element configured to receive a transmit signal and configured to receive a receive signal from a low noise amplifier (LNA), the second EM element configured to receive a phase shifted transmit signal or a phase shifted receive signal from the phase shifter, and wherein the second EM element is configured to selectively provide the phase shifted transmit signal to a power amplifier on the mmW-IC and the phase shifted receive signal to receive signal processing circuitry located off of the mmW-IC.