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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2019
Applicant:

Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventor:

Roy McLaren, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Assignee:

NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H03F 1/56 (2006.01); H03F 3/195 (2006.01); H03F 3/60 (2006.01); H03F 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/0288 (2013.01); H03F 1/56 (2013.01); H03F 3/195 (2013.01); H03F 3/245 (2013.01); H03F 3/604 (2013.01); H03F 2200/198 (2013.01); H03F 2200/222 (2013.01); H03F 2200/387 (2013.01);
Abstract

A Doherty amplifier has a first amplifier path that includes a first amplifier, a second amplifier path that includes a second amplifier, a power divider, and a short-circuited stub. The power divider receives an RF signal and divides the RF signal into first and second input signals. The power divider includes first and second power divider outputs that produce the first and second input signals, respectively. The short-circuited stub is coupled between the first power divider output and the first amplifier or between the second power divider output and the second amplifier. The first and second amplifier paths are characterized by first and second frequency-dependent insertion phases, respectively. A slope of the first or second frequency-dependent insertion phase is altered by the short-circuited stub. The power divider produces the first and second input signals with a quadrature phase shift.


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