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Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2012
Applicants:

Saihua Lin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Roger Brockenbrough, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Saihua Lin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Roger Brockenbrough, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/68 (2006.01); H03F 3/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/602 (2013.01);
Abstract

A novel Doherty amplifier with improved efficiency is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment an apparatus includes a phase shifter configured to generate a phase shifted first millimeter (MM) wave signal based on a selected phase shift, and a hybrid plus coupler comprising output terminals and configured to adjust output power levels at the output terminals based on combinations of the phase shifted first MM wave signal and a second MM wave signal.


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