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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2005
Yoichi Okubo, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Suto, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Okubo, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Suto, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an amplifier for combining outputs of a plurality of amplifying circuits to generate an amplifier output. The amplifier includes a first amplifying circuit for operating a first amplifying device in class-AB, wherein the first amplifying circuit is one among the plurality of the amplifying circuits; a second amplifying circuit for operating a second amplifying device in class-B or class-C, wherein the second amplifying circuit is one among the plurality of the amplifying circuits; and a summing node at which an output of the first amplifying circuit is combined with an output of the second amplifying circuit via a first impedance transformer containing a transmission line of an electrical length other than λ/4. The second amplifying device is connected to the summing node via an output matching circuit and a second impedance transformer containing a transmission line.