Amplifier, information communication apparatus and amplification method

1. An amplifier of carrying out polar modulation by inputting amplitude data and phase data generated respectively by coding data or signals, comprising:

a phase modulator of generating a phase modulation signal from the phase data;

a gain adjusting instrument of determining the output level of the phase modulation signal on the basis of a level control signal indicating the level of an amplitude modulation signal, and adjusting the level of the phase modulation signal so that the phase modulation signal has the output level;

a voltage adjusting instrument of determining a DC offset value on the basis of the amplitude data and the level control signal which is used for adjustment of the level of the phase modulation signal, and generating the amplitude modulation signal to which the DC offset value is added; and

an amplification device having an input terminal to which the phase modulation signal is input and a power supply terminal to which the amplitude modulation signal is input, and generating a modulation signal subjected to polar modulation using the phase modulation signal input and the amplitude modulation signal input, wherein

the DC offset value is determined so that in the amplification device the relationship between the modulation signal generated and the amplitude modulation signal becomes a linear relationship at least in a part of a region of a characteristic of the amplification device.

2. The amplifier according to claim 1 , further comprising: a temperature detecting instrument which detects temperature, wherein the voltage adjusting instrument determines the DC offset voltage on the basis of both of the level control signal and the temperature detected.

3. The amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the amplification device is a heterojunction bipolar transistor.

4. The amplifier according to claim 3 , wherein: AlGaAs is used for the emitter of the heterojunction bipolar transistor, and GaAs is used for the base thereof, and

the voltage adjusting instrument determines the DC offset voltage by changing the DC offset voltage at a rate of 0.20 mV/° C. to 0.70 mV/° C. with respect to the temperature detected.

5. The amplifier according to claim 3 , wherein InGaAs is used for the emitter of the heterojunction bipolar transistor, and GaAs is used for the base thereof, and the voltage adjusting instrument determines the DC offset voltage by changing the DC offset voltage at a rate of 0.20 mV/° C. to 0.80 mV/° C. with respect to the temperature detected.

6. An information communication apparatus comprising:

a transmission circuit of outputting a transmission wave,

a reception circuit of receiving a reception wave received by an antenna,

an antenna duplexer of leading, to the antenna, the transmission wave output and leading the reception wave received by the antenna to the reception circuit, wherein the amplifier according to claim 1 is used in the transmission circuit.

7. An amplification method being used for an amplifier of carrying out polar modulation by inputting amplitude data and phase data generated respectively by coding data or signals, comprising:

generating a phase modulation signal from the phase data;

determining the output level of the phase modulation signal on the basis of a level control signal indicating the level of an amplitude modulation signal, and adjusting the level of the phase modulation signal so that the phase modulation signal generated has the output level;

determining a DC offset value on the basis of the amplitude data and the level control signal which is used for adjustment of the level of the phase modulation signal, and generating the amplitude modulation signal to which the DC offset value is added; and

generating a modulation signal subjected to polar modulation using the phase modulation signal input and the amplitude modulation signal, wherein

the DC offset value is determined so that in generation of the modulation signal the relationship between the modulation signal generated and the amplitude modulation signal becomes a linear relationship at least in a part of a region of a characteristic of the amplification.

8. The amplification method according to claim 7 , comprising:

detecting temperature; and

determining the DC offset voltage on the basis of both of the level control signal and the temperature detected.