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Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2014
Applicant:

Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);

Inventors:

Kenle Chen, Irvine, CA (US);

Dimitrios Peroulis, West Lafayette, IN (US);

Assignee:

PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, West Lafayette, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/04 (2006.01); H03F 1/56 (2006.01); H03F 3/193 (2006.01); H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H03F 3/19 (2006.01); H03F 3/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/565 (2013.01); H03F 1/0205 (2013.01); H03F 3/19 (2013.01); H03F 3/193 (2013.01); H03F 3/21 (2013.01); H03F 2200/378 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01); H03F 2200/546 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tunable amplifier includes continuous tunability for both frequency and power levels. The tunable amplifier includes a combination of a tunable series resonator and a multi-stage LC network as the output matching network. The tunable amplifier incorporates a variable diode varactor with high breakdown voltage and high tuning range into a tunable resonator. The tunable resonator is connected to a fixed output matching network to enable a wide range of operating frequencies. The tunable amplifier enables high power, high efficiency, broadband and load-modulated power amplification, which is greatly desired for next-generation wireless communication systems and other high-frequency applications.


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