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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:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

May. 03, 2016
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Rui Hou, Järfälla, SE;

Andre Bleker, Bålsta, SE;

Lars Ridell Virtanen, Gävle, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/07 (2006.01); H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H03F 1/32 (2006.01); H03F 1/56 (2006.01); H03F 3/24 (2006.01); H03F 3/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/0288 (2013.01); H03F 1/0266 (2013.01); H03F 1/3241 (2013.01); H03F 1/56 (2013.01); H03F 3/245 (2013.01); H03F 3/602 (2013.01); H03F 2200/198 (2013.01); H03F 2200/204 (2013.01); H03F 2200/321 (2013.01); H03F 2200/387 (2013.01); H03F 2200/411 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01); H03F 2200/465 (2013.01); H03F 2203/21106 (2013.01); H03F 2203/21139 (2013.01);
Abstract

An amplifier arrangement () for amplifying input signals and a method for operating the amplifier arrangement are disclosed. The amplifier arrangement () comprises a main amplifier circuit () having an input and an output; a first () and second () auxiliary amplifier circuits each having an input and an output, wherein each of the first () and second () auxiliary amplifier circuits being selectively operable to operate in combination with the main amplifier circuit (). The amplifier arrangement () further comprises a single hybrid coupler circuit () having a first port () being coupled to the output of the main amplifier circuit (), a second port () being coupled to the output of the first auxiliary amplifier circuit (), a third port () being coupled to the output of the second auxiliary amplifier circuit () and a fourth port () being coupled to the load () of the amplifier ().


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