Doherty Amplifier Circuit for Load-Impedance Stable Output Power

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing power amplification circuits are destabilized by variations in load impedance, affecting the output power of carrier and peak amplifiers.

Innovation Solution

The amplification circuit incorporates a configuration with first and second carrier/peak amplifiers, phase-shift circuits, and synthesis circuits to stabilize output characteristics against load variations, using quarter-wavelength transmission lines and transformers to manage impedance and phase adjustments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Power

If a power amplification circuit uses carrier and peak amplifiers with phase shifters and transformers, then output power can be enhanced, but the circuit becomes sensitive to load impedance variation causing instability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoutput powerVSAvoidoutput stability
Core Design Contradiction:
PowerVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The amplification circuit is divided into two independent Doherty amplification circuits, each with its own carrier amplifier, peak amplifier, phase shifter, and synthesis circuit. This segmentation isolates the load impedance variation effects, so that variations in one circuit do not directly affect the other, thereby maintaining overall output stability while achieving high output power through parallel operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention introduces phase shifters that can adjust the phase of output signals from carrier amplifiers, and synthesis circuits that combine multiple amplified signals with controlled phases. By dynamically adjusting phase parameters and combining signals constructively, the circuit maintains stable output characteristics despite load impedance variations, while achieving enhanced output power through coherent signal combination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If load impedance varies significantly, then the adaptability of the amplification circuit improves, but output power stability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveload adaptationVSAvoidoutput power stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

By dividing the amplification function into two separate Doherty circuits, each circuit can independently adapt to load conditions through its own feedback and impedance matching mechanisms. This segmentation allows the system to maintain stability across a wider range of load impedances, as the independent circuits can compensate for variations without affecting each other's operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The synthesis circuits are designed to combine multiple signals with different phases and amplitudes, making them universally applicable to various load conditions. The phase shifters provide additional flexibility to adjust signal parameters, enabling the amplification circuit to adapt to different load impedances while maintaining stable output power through constructive signal combination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20250343514A1Amplification circuit and communication device
Publication Date: 2025.11.06 MURATA MFG CO LTD
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AI summary

An amplification circuit includes a carrier amplifier and a peak amplifier, a quarter-wavelength transmission line and a synthesis circuit, a carrier amplifier and a peak amplifier, a quarter-wavelength transmission line and a transformer, and a synthesis circuit. One end of the quarter-wavelength transmission line is connected to an output end of the carrier amplifier, and another end of the quarter-wavelength transmission line and an output end of the peak amplifier are connected to the synthesis circuit. One end of the quarter-wavelength transmission line is connected to an output end of the peak amplifier, and another end of the quarter-wavelength transmission line and an output end of the carrier amplifier are connected to the transformer. An output end of the synthesis circuit and an output end of the transformer are connected to the synthesis circuit.