579 results about "RF power amplifier" patented technology

The invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication, and provides a radio frequency power amplifier and a radio frequency chip, the radio frequency power amplifier comprises an input matching circuit, a first-stage amplifier, a first inter-stage matching circuit, a second-stage amplifier, a second inter-stage matching circuit, a third-stage amplifier and an output matching circuit which are electrically connected in sequence; the radio frequency power amplifier further comprises a control module, a direct current power supply module, a first bias circuit, a second bias circuit and a third bias circuit. The first biasing circuit comprises a power detection network and a switch control circuit; the first input end of the power detection network serves as the first input end of the first bias circuit, the second input end of the power detection network serves as the second input end of the first bias circuit, and the power detection network is used for receiving a radio frequency signal, converting the radio frequency signal into a control voltage in a detection mode and outputting the control voltage to the input end of the switch control circuit. The control switch controls connection or disconnection of the circuit. According to the invention, the robustness of power can be improved.

The invention discloses a design optimization method of a radio frequency power amplifier, and relates to the technical field of design optimization. The method comprises the following steps: collecting the working frequency and the circuit topological structure of the radio frequency power amplifier, establishing a digital twin simulation model, and generating an initial impedance value; simulation performance indexes of the amplifier under the input signal are obtained through simulation; matching network parameters are adjusted according to a dynamic reconstruction matching network algorithm, and a dynamic optimization impedance set is generated; controlling the tunable element to reconstruct the actual impedance value of the radio frequency power amplifier, and collecting the actual performance index of the output signal; comparing an error between the simulation performance index and the actual performance index, and if the error exceeds a preset error threshold, iteratively updating a parasitic parameter of the digital twinborn model; and if the error is within the threshold value, locking the actual impedance value as the optimal configuration, and amplifying and outputting the input signal. The working efficiency of the radio frequency power amplifier is improved.

The invention provides a radio frequency front-end module. The radio frequency front-end module comprises a power amplifier, a single-pole double-throw radio frequency switch, a low-noise amplifier, a first single-pole single-throw radio frequency switch, a coupler, a double-pole double-throw radio frequency switch, a radio frequency amplifier, a second single-pole single-throw radio frequency switch, a detector and an operational amplifier. According to the radio frequency front-end module, when the processing capacity of the upper computer is weak or commands between the upper computer and the radio frequency front-end module are incompatible, the signal receiving capacity of the radio frequency front-end module can be improved, switching between a receiving bypass channel and a low-noise amplifier channel can be achieved in time, meanwhile, the complexity of transmitting power control is effectively reduced, radiation is reduced, and the reliability of transmitting power control is improved. The energy consumption is reduced, and the service life of the radio frequency front-end module is prolonged.

The invention discloses a satellite terminal adaptive power adjusting system. The system comprises an attitude sensor module used for collecting three-dimensional attitude data of a terminal; the antenna pattern database is used for storing theoretical gain values of the panel omnidirectional antenna in different attitudes; the gain prediction engine is used for calculating theoretical gain according to the current attitude data and the directional diagram database; the signal quality detection module is used for collecting the intensity, the signal-to-noise ratio and the bit error rate of the received signal in real time; the power control algorithm module fuses the gain prediction value and the signal quality feedback and is used for generating a dynamic transmitting power instruction; the radio frequency power amplifier is used for executing the power adjusting instruction and outputting an adjusted transmitting signal; the invention further discloses a satellite terminal self-adaptive power adjusting method. According to the invention, the problem of balance between satellite terminal communication stability and power consumption efficiency in a complex environment is solved.

An adaptable, generalized digital predistortion system that can increase the accuracy of the distortion applied to a power amplifier input signal is disclosed. Further, the digital predistortion system can be implemented using a reduced circuit area by reducing a number of coefficients used by the models applied to generate the distortion compensation signal. Further, the system can implement an improved digital predistortion adaptation engine that can improve one or more of the following metrics of a complete radio frequency (RF) analog front-end radio signal chain: error vector magnitude (EVM), adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR), spectrum emission mask (SEM), and power consumption of the circuits and systems. An example of circuits and systems is a radio frequency power amplifier (PA).

An improved architecture for a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier, impedance matching network, and selector switch. One aspect of embodiments of the invention is splitting the functionality of a final stage impedance matching network (IMN) into two parts, comprising a base set of off-chip IMN components and an on-chip IMN tuning component. The on-chip IMN tuning component may be a digitally tunable capacitor (DTC). In one embodiment, an integrated circuit having a power amplifier, an on-chip IMN tuner, and a selector switch is configured to be coupled to an off-chip set of IMN components. In another embodiment, an integrated circuit having an on-chip IMN tuner and a selector switch is configured to be coupled through an off-chip set of IMN components to a separate integrated circuit having an RF power amplifier.

Described are circuits and techniques to increase the efficiency of radio-frequency (rf) amplifiers including rf power amplifiers (PAs) through “supply modulation” (also referred to as “drain modulation” or “collector modulation”), in which supply voltages provided to rf amplifiers is adjusted dynamically (“modulated”) over time depending upon the rf signal being synthesized. For the largest efficiency improvements, a supply voltage can be adjusted among discrete voltage levels or continuously on a short time scale. The supply voltages (or voltage levels) provided to an rf amplifier may also be adapted to accommodate longer-term changes in desired rf envelope such as associated with adapting transmitter output strength to minimize errors in data transfer, for rf “traffic” variations.

The invention discloses a low-voltage gallium nitride power amplifier based on second harmonic suppression. The low-voltage gallium nitride power amplifier is used for solving the technical problem that the overall efficiency of a radio frequency system is low due to an existing radio frequency power amplifier. The amplifier comprises an input stage circuit, an input stage low-voltage gallium nitride transistor, an intermediate stage circuit, an intermediate stage low-voltage gallium nitride transistor, an output stage circuit, an output stage low-voltage gallium nitride transistor group, a drain bias capacitor, a drain bias voltage port and a secondary harmonic suppression output matching network, by arranging an input-stage low-voltage gallium nitride transistor, an intermediate-stage low-voltage gallium nitride transistor, an output-stage low-voltage gallium nitride transistor group, a secondary harmonic suppression output matching network and a corresponding connection relationship, the secondary harmonic suppression output matching network can be used for suppressing a low-voltage gallium nitride transistor on the basis of a low-voltage gallium nitride process technology. Harmonic suppression is directly carried out on the second harmonic, so that the output power and the power additional efficiency of the radio frequency power amplifier are improved, and the overall efficiency of a radio frequency system is improved.

The invention discloses a dynamic frequency adaptive automatic gain control system, which belongs to the field of dynamic frequency adjustment and comprises a radio frequency power amplifier, an attenuator, a logarithmic detector, a low-pass filter and a comparison and control signal generation module. The amplified radio frequency signal is input into the attenuator; the attenuator attenuates the signal so that the input radio frequency signal reaches a range suitable for detection of the logarithmic detector after attenuation; the logarithmic detector converts the radio-frequency signal into a direct-current voltage proportional to the signal power; voltage signals of direct-current voltage output by the logarithmic detector are smoothed through a low-pass filter, and rapidly changing components are removed; and the comparison and control signal generation module compares the smoothed voltage with a reference voltage, generates a control signal for adjusting the gain, and adjusts the gain. According to the invention, instant gain adjustment is provided under the condition of rapidly changing signals, and the energy efficiency of the system is improved.

One or more aspects of the techniques and models described herein provide for bidirectional recurrent neural network (BiRNN)-based digital pre-distortion techniques for radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers (PAs). As an example, a digital pre-distorter (DPD) system may implement residual learning and long short-term memory (LSTM) projection layer features to reduce computational complexity and memory requirements. Implementing the described unconventional techniques of applying residual learning in RNN (e.g., in BiLSTM), using LSTM projection to develop a DPD structure, or both, may provide several advantages over preexisting techniques. For instance, the complexity in training and pre-distortion may be reduced and significantly less memory may be required to store the DPD neural network coefficients (e.g., while achieving similar or better linearization performance compared to other LSTM models). Further, faster training convergence speed may be achieved (e.g., compared to other LSTM models).

An adaptable, multistage, multi-rate digital predistortion system that can increase the accuracy of the distortion applied to a power amplifier input signal is disclosed. Further, the digital predistortion system can be implemented using a reduced circuit area by reducing a number of coefficients used by the models applied to generate the distortion compensation signal. Further, the system can implement an improved digital predistortion adaptation engine that improves an adjacent channel leakage ratio of the digital predistortion system. Moreover, the system can compensate for non-linear impairments due to analog / RF circuits and systems and improve at least the following metrics: Error vector magnitude (EVM), adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR), spectrum emission mask (SEM), and power consumption of the circuits and systems. An example of circuits and systems is radio frequency power amplifier (RF PA).

Disclosed in the present invention are a power amplifier module for implementing average power protection, an electronic device, and a method. The power amplifier module comprises: a controller, configured to provide logic control and bias voltage for a radio frequency power amplifier; the radio frequency power amplifier, configured to amplify the power of a radio frequency signal and then output the amplified radio frequency signal to a filter; and a filter for frequency bands, configured to filter the amplified radio frequency signal to obtain a radio frequency signal of a required specific frequency band. When the detected power of the radio frequency power amplifier is greater than or equal to a first power threshold, and the time during which the detected power is greater than or equal to the first power threshold reaches a first time threshold, the power amplifier module enters an average power protection operating mode, and the controller adjusts the gain of a power amplification unit, so as to protect the filter in the power amplifier module from being burnt out.

The invention provides a radio frequency power amplifier circuit and radio frequency power supply equipment. The radio frequency power amplifier circuit comprises a direct current source, a radio frequency inversion unit, a coupling unit and a power adjusting unit. The direct-current source is used for outputting direct-current electric energy. The radio frequency inversion unit is connected with the direct current source, and the radio frequency inversion unit is used for receiving the direct current electric energy and inverting the direct current electric energy into radio frequency electric energy. The coupling unit comprises a first winding and a second winding which are coupled, the first winding is connected with the radio frequency inversion unit, the second winding is used for being connected with a load, and the coupling unit is used for coupling and outputting radio frequency electric energy to the load. The power adjusting unit is connected between the radio frequency inversion unit and the first winding or between the second winding and a load, and the power adjusting unit is used for reducing the current value of radio frequency electric energy output by the radio frequency inversion unit or reducing the current value of radio frequency electric energy output by the coupling unit in a coupling mode. Therefore, the current value of the radio frequency electric energy provided to the load is reduced. According to the invention, the radio frequency power amplifier circuit can be protected.

The invention discloses a radio frequency power amplifier and a radio frequency front-end module. The radio frequency power amplifier comprises an input matching network, a biasing circuit, one or more radio frequency power amplification unit circuits connected in parallel, an output matching network and a peak voltage limiting circuit, the output end of the input matching network is connected with the first input end of the radio frequency power amplification unit circuit; the output end of the biasing circuit is connected with the second input end of the radio frequency power amplification unit circuit; the output end of the radio frequency power amplification unit circuit is connected with the input end of the output matching network through the first capacitor; and the peak voltage limiting circuit is connected with the output end of the biasing circuit and the output end of the radio frequency power amplification unit circuit. The radio frequency front end module comprises a radio frequency power amplifier. The peak voltage limiting circuit is connected with the output end of the biasing circuit and the output end of the radio frequency power amplification unit circuit, so that the peak voltage limiting effect is achieved, and meanwhile, deterioration of the peak voltage limiting circuit to the performance of the main body power amplifier is reduced.

Described are circuits and techniques to increase the efficiency of radio-frequency (rf) amplifiers including rf power amplifiers (PAs) through “supply modulation” (also referred to as “drain modulation” or “collector modulation”), in which supply voltages provided to rf amplifiers is adjusted dynamically (“modulated”) over time depending upon the rf signal being synthesized. For the largest efficiency improvements, a supply voltage can be adjusted among discrete voltage levels or continuously on a short time scale. The supply voltages (or voltage levels) provided to an rf amplifier may also be adapted to accommodate longer-term changes in desired rf envelope such as associated with adapting transmitter output strength to minimize errors in data transfer, for rf “traffic” variations.

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.

A portable magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system is disclosed, including a housing including an array of magnets, a radio frequency (RF) coil assembly, a RF power amplifier, a primary control circuit and a safety control circuit. The RF power amplifier is configurable from a default configuration to an enabled configuration. The system can further include a thermocouple positioned to monitor a temperature.

The present application relates to the technical field of data processing. Disclosed are a multi-nuclear imaging radio frequency power amplifier and a multi-nuclear magnetic resonance imaging hardware system. The multi-nuclear imaging radio frequency power amplifier comprises: a radio frequency signal input end, a radio frequency switch, a pre-compensation circuit, a voltage-controlled attenuator, a voltage-controlled phase shifter, a broadband radio frequency power amplifier, a broadband directional coupler and a radio frequency signal output end; a first output abnormality protection control circuit; a second output abnormality protection control circuit; an amplitude control circuit; and a phase control circuit. By means of the multi-nuclear imaging radio frequency power amplifier in the present invention, nonlinear correction can be performed on the amplitude and phase of a broadband radio frequency power amplifier, such that the broadband radio frequency power amplifier keeps meeting the requirements for high linearity and high power at an operating frequency point of a corresponding nuclide, so as to ensure the linear relationship between input and output signals of a radio frequency power amplifier and adequate signal strength, thereby avoiding the generation of artifacts due to signal distortion, and ensuring the accuracy and clarity of magnetic resonance imaging.

A computer-implemented method for training a multi-RL agent network that generates device parameters of a circuit is provided. The method comprises: obtaining inputs regarding desired circuit specifications of the circuit, including gain, bandwidth, phase margin, power consumption, output power and power efficiency, device parameters, topology of the circuit, and a final state corresponding to a maximum step, the desired circuit specifications including gain, bandwidth, phase margin, power consumption, output power and power efficiency; each RL agent network is configured to perform: sending an action selected from a set of actions to an environment module; updating device parameters of the circuit with respect to the circuit specification; obtaining a current specification of the circuit by simulating a netlist of the circuit based on the updated device parameters using a circuit simulator of an environmental module, the environmental module including the netlist of the circuit; obtaining a reward from the environment module, the reward being calculated based on the difference between the current specification and the expected specification, and continuing the sending step, the updating step, the obtaining step and the obtaining step until the reward reaches a threshold value or the number of steps reaches a preset value; and generating satisfactory updated device parameters via the interface.

The present disclosure provides a RF power amplifier and a method for manufacturing a Doherty power amplifier. The RF power amplifier includes at least one transistor, a harmonic termination circuit, and an impedance inverter. The harmonic termination circuit has one terminal directly connected to the drain electrode of the transistor and contributes as a part of a harmonic matching network for the transistor at the second harmonic and / or the third harmonic of the fundamental frequency. The impedance inverter is configured to perform impedance inversion of a static load or a modulated load at the fundamental frequency without affected by the harmonic termination circuit.

The invention discloses a step frequency continuous wave ground penetrating radar imaging device and a rapid imaging method, and belongs to the technical field of microwave ground penetrating imaging. The vector network analyzer is adopted, the radio frequency power amplifier is carried, the ultra-wideband directional antenna is combined, signals of a step frequency continuous wave system are adopted, the frequency range is 700 MHz to 3 GHz, the bandwidth is large, meanwhile, the large transmitting power can be achieved, and meanwhile the requirements for the detection depth and the detection resolution are met; according to the method, direct wave interference is eliminated by adopting a singular value decomposition algorithm, then the effective signal strength is improved based on an automatic gain algorithm, and finally clutter interference is eliminated by adopting a block matching algorithm, so that the signal-to-noise ratio is improved; according to the method, an F-K migration imaging algorithm is developed, processed data are converted to a frequency wavenumber domain through Fourier transform, wavenumber domain data are filled before fast inverse Fourier transform, and the transverse space sampling rate and the imaging speed are increased.

A portable magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system is disclosed, including a housing including an array of magnets, a radio frequency (RF) coil assembly, a RF power amplifier, a primary control circuit and a safety control circuit. The RF power amplifier is configurable from a default configuration to an enabled configuration. The system can further include a thermocouple positioned to monitor a temperature.

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.

According to an embodiment, An integrated circuit comprising a first cascode radio frequency (RF) power amplifier that includes a first common source transistor having a gate configured to receive a first RF signal, and a source connected to a neutral point; a first common gate transistor having a gate and a drain connected to a power source node, and a source connected to a drain of the first common source transistor; and a first resistor coupled between a bulk of the first common gate transistor and a first bulk bias node configured to provide a voltage that is greater than or equal to a voltage at the source of the first common gate transistor, wherein the first resistor is configured to obtain a floating point.

The invention discloses a radio frequency power amplifier, a radio frequency power amplifier module and a radio frequency power amplifier module, and the radio frequency power amplifier comprises a four-stage power amplifier structure which is used for amplifying an input signal to preset output power; the inter-stage matching network is used for completing impedance matching between the output impedance of each stage of array and the output impedance of the rear-stage array and impedance matching between the input impedance of each stage of array and the output impedance of the front-stage array through an impedance matching technology; the protection circuit comprises a temperature protection unit and a standing-wave ratio protection unit. The temperature protection unit is used for monitoring the temperature of the GaN power amplifier unit in each array in real time and comparing the temperature with a preset temperature, and generating a logic instruction for cutting off the power supply of the corresponding array when the number of overtemperature units is judged to be greater than a preset number; the standing-wave ratio protection unit is used for detecting the output standing-wave ratio and generating a logic instruction for switching power supply when it is judged that the detected standing-wave ratio is larger than a preset ratio. According to the invention, high-performance communication requirements and simple and effective exception protection can be met.

A method and device for determining a power supply voltage of a radio frequency power amplifier, a medium, and a communication device, the method comprising: determining a current environment, the current environment being selected from an alternative set, the alternative set comprising a first environment and a second environment, the noise of the first environment being less than the noise of the second environment; determining a power supply voltage of the radio frequency power amplifier in a receiving stage at least based on the current environment; wherein the power supply voltage difference in the first environment is smaller than the power supply voltage difference in the second environment, and the power supply voltage difference refers to the difference value of the power supply voltage of the radio frequency power amplifier in the sending stage and the power supply voltage of the radio frequency power amplifier in the receiving stage. Through the scheme provided by the invention, the power consumption of the radio frequency power amplifier can be reduced.

The invention relates to an ultra-wideband high-performance radio frequency power amplifier based on gate source nonlinearity. One end of an SMA input connecting line is connected with a radio frequency signal source; the other end of the SMA input connecting line is connected with the input end of the input matching circuit; the output end of the input matching circuit is connected with the input end of the gate-source nonlinear control circuit; the output end of the gate-source nonlinear control circuit is connected with the gate of the power amplifier tube; the gate bias circuit is connected in parallel between the output end of the input matching circuit and the input end of the gate-source nonlinear control circuit; the drain electrode of the power amplifier tube is connected with the input end of the tuning circuit; the output end of the tuning circuit is connected with the input end of the output fundamental wave and harmonic wave matching circuit; the drain biasing circuit is connected in parallel between the output end of the tuning circuit and the input end of the output fundamental wave and harmonic wave matching circuit; the output end of the output fundamental wave and harmonic wave matching circuit is connected with one end of the SMA output connecting line; and the other end of the SMA output connecting line is a radio frequency signal output end. According to the invention, the ultra-wideband / multi-octave high-performance power amplifier is designed.

The invention is suitable for the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a radio frequency power amplifier and a radio frequency chip. The radio frequency power amplifier comprises a power amplification unit, an output matching network, a power detection unit, a comparison unit and an input attenuation circuit, the input end of the power amplification unit serves as the input end of the radio frequency power amplifier and is used for receiving radio frequency signals, and the output end of the power amplification unit is connected with the input end of the output matching network and the input end of the power detection unit. The output end of the output matching network serves as the output end of the radio frequency power amplifier and is used for outputting a radio frequency signal to an external antenna. Compared with the prior art, the radio frequency power amplifier can effectively solve the problem that the radio frequency power amplifier is broken down and burnt out due to too high input power or serious load mismatch, and the linearity of the radio frequency power amplifier is effectively improved.

The invention discloses a circuit for realizing power protection, a corresponding power amplifier module and electronic equipment. The power amplifier module comprises a controller unit, a radio frequency power amplifier unit and a filter unit, wherein the controller unit is used for providing bias voltage for the radio frequency power amplifier unit; the radio frequency power amplifier unit is used for performing power amplification on the radio frequency signal; the filter unit is used for filtering the amplified radio frequency signal; when the input power of the radio frequency signal is increased to a first threshold value or reduced to a second threshold value, the controller unit generates a corresponding first control signal, a second control signal and a third control signal, so that the output first bias voltage is reduced or increased step by step; and the gain and the output power of the power amplifier module are reduced or increased step by step, so that the reliability of the power amplifier module is improved.

The invention provides a radio frequency power amplification circuit and an adjusting method thereof. The radio frequency power amplification circuit comprises an image transmission module, a first radio frequency switch, a radio frequency power amplification module, a radio frequency low-noise amplifier, a second radio frequency switch and an antenna module, the radio frequency power amplification module comprises a GaN radio frequency power amplifier, the image transmission module is connected with an RFC of the first radio frequency switch, the GaN radio frequency power amplifier is connected between RF1 channels of the first radio frequency switch and the second radio frequency switch, and the radio frequency low noise amplifier is connected between RF2 channels of the first radio frequency switch and the second radio frequency switch. The antenna module is connected with the RFC of the second radio frequency switch; the two radio frequency switches are configured to control a radio frequency signal transmitted by the image transmission module to flow to the GaN radio frequency power amplifier in a radio frequency transmitting state, and the radio frequency signal is transmitted to the antenna module after being amplified; in the radio frequency receiving state, radio frequency signals received by the antenna module are controlled to flow to the radio frequency low-noise amplifier and are sent to the image transmission module after being amplified. According to the invention, ultra-long distance image transmission of the unmanned equipment can be realized.