Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Toshikazu Terashima

Satoshi Tanaka

Kazuo Watanabe

Takashi Yamada

Makoto Itou

Satoshi Arayashiki

Yuri Honda

Fumio Harima

Jun Enomoto

Chikara Yoshida

Yuuki Oomae

A power amplifier circuit includes a first transistor having the base coupled to an input terminal, the collector coupled to an output terminal, and the emitter coupled to ground, a first bias circuit coupled to the base of the first transistor via the first resistance element, a second transistor having the base coupled to the input terminal, the collector coupled to the output terminal, and the emitter coupled to ground, a second bias circuit coupled to the base of the second transistor via the second resistance element, and a first impedance circuit having a first end coupled between the base of the first transistor and the input terminal and a second end coupled between the first bias circuit and the first resistance element and being configured to be opened for a direct-current component and to be closed for an alternating-current component.

Power amplifier circuit

A power amplifier apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of first transistors on the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of second transistors, at least one collector terminal electrically connected to collectors of the plurality of first transistors, a first inductor having a first end electrically connected to the collector terminal and a second end electrically connected to a power supply potential, at least one emitter terminal electrically connected to emitters of the plurality of second transistors and adjacent to the collector terminal in a second direction, a second inductor having a first end electrically connected to the emitter terminal and a second end electrically connected to a reference potential, and at least one capacitor having a first end electrically connected to the collectors of the plurality of first transistors and a second end electrically connected to the emitters of the plurality of second transistors.

Power amplifier apparatus

A power amplifier circuit includes a first transistor, a capacitor, and a second transistor. The first transistor has an emitter electrically connected to a reference potential, a base, and a collector electrically connected to a first power supply potential. A first end of the capacitor is electrically connected to the collector of the first transistor. The second transistor has an emitter electrically connected to a second end of the capacitor and electrically connected to the reference potential, a base, and a collector electrically connected to the first power supply potential. An RF output signal obtained by amplifying the RF input signal is output from the collector of the second transistor. A second bias circuit includes a third transistor having a collector electrically connected to a second power supply potential, a base, and an emitter from which the second bias current or voltage is output.

A power amplifying circuit includes a first amplifying unit that amplifies a first radio-frequency signal and a second amplifying unit that amplifies a second radio-frequency signal. The first amplifying unit includes a first matching circuit that performs impedance matching for a circuit in a preceding stage, and a first amplifying circuit that amplifies the first radio-frequency signal that has passed through the first matching circuit. The second amplifying unit includes a second matching circuit that performs impedance matching for the circuit in the preceding stage, a resistor including a first end and a second end, the first end being electrically connected to the second matching circuit, and a second amplifying circuit that is electrically connected to the second end of the resistor and that amplifies the second radio-frequency signal that has passed through the resistor.

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Toshikazu Terashima