WO2006014465A3 - Power amplifier utilizing high breakdown voltage circuit topology - Google Patents

Power amplifier utilizing high breakdown voltage circuit topology Download PDF

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WO2006014465A3
WO2006014465A3 PCT/US2005/023905 US2005023905W WO2006014465A3 WO 2006014465 A3 WO2006014465 A3 WO 2006014465A3 US 2005023905 W US2005023905 W US 2005023905W WO 2006014465 A3 WO2006014465 A3 WO 2006014465A3
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power amplifier
breakdown voltage
voltage circuit
high breakdown
circuit topology
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Lawrence M Burns
Chong L Woo
Clement Szeto
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Amalfi Semiconductor Inc
Lawrence M Burns
Chong L Woo
Clement Szeto
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03F—AMPLIFIERS
    • H03F3/00—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements
    • H03F3/60—Amplifiers in which coupling networks have distributed constants, e.g. with waveguide resonators
    • H03F3/602—Combinations of several amplifiers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03F—AMPLIFIERS
    • H03F1/00—Details of amplifiers with only discharge tubes, only semiconductor devices or only unspecified devices as amplifying elements
    • H03F1/08—Modifications of amplifiers to reduce detrimental influences of internal impedances of amplifying elements
    • H03F1/22—Modifications of amplifiers to reduce detrimental influences of internal impedances of amplifying elements by use of cascode coupling, i.e. earthed cathode or emitter stage followed by earthed grid or base stage respectively
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03F—AMPLIFIERS
    • H03F3/00—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements
    • H03F3/189—High-frequency amplifiers, e.g. radio frequency amplifiers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03F—AMPLIFIERS
    • H03F3/00—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements
    • H03F3/45—Differential amplifiers
    • H03F3/45071—Differential amplifiers with semiconductor devices only
    • H03F3/45076—Differential amplifiers with semiconductor devices only characterised by the way of implementation of the active amplifying circuit in the differential amplifier
    • H03F3/45179—Differential amplifiers with semiconductor devices only characterised by the way of implementation of the active amplifying circuit in the differential amplifier using MOSFET transistors as the active amplifying circuit
    • H03F3/45183—Long tailed pairs
    • H03F3/45188—Non-folded cascode stages
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03F—AMPLIFIERS
    • H03F2200/00—Indexing scheme relating to amplifiers
    • H03F2200/198—A hybrid coupler being used as coupling circuit between stages of an amplifier circuit
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03F—AMPLIFIERS
    • H03F2200/00—Indexing scheme relating to amplifiers
    • H03F2200/541—Transformer coupled at the output of an amplifier

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Abstract

A power amplifier (10 and 58) utilizes cascode arrangements (34 and 36) to achieve target performance levels for a power amplifier, such as the type used in wireless communication devices. A negative resistance circuit is provided for the cascode arrangement such that high gain, or oscillation, is promoted during operation of the power amplifier. In one embodiment, the negative resistance circuit includes cross-coupling transistors (30 and 32). Various features are provided in order to reduce the susceptibility of the power amplifier to voltage breakdown while maintaining good performance.
PCT/US2005/023905 2004-07-08 2005-07-06 Power amplifier utilizing high breakdown voltage circuit topology WO2006014465A2 (en)

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