WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE
A wireless communication device including an amplifying unit amplifying a transmission signal, a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission signal amplified through the amplifying unit, a regulating unit configured to regulate a load of the amplifying unit, and a control unit configured to control the regulating unit so that the regulating unit regulates the load of the amplifying unit to attain a load impedance determined based on, a) a power ratio of the transmitted transmission signal to a reflected signal reflected from the transmission unit, and b) at least one of a value of a current passing through the amplifying unit and a gain of the amplifying unit.
1 . A wireless communication device comprising:
an amplifying unit amplifying a transmission signal;
a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission signal amplified through the amplifying unit;
a regulating unit configured to regulate a load of the amplifying unit; and
a control unit configured to control the regulating unit so that the regulating unit regulates the load of the amplifying unit to attain a load impedance determined based on,
a) a power ratio of the transmitted transmission signal to a reflected signal reflected from the transmission unit, and
b) at least one of a value of a current passing through the amplifying unit and a gain of the amplifying unit.
2 . The wireless communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first detecting unit configured to detect power of the transmission signal to be transmitted from the transmission unit; and
a second detecting unit configured to detect power of the reflected signal reflected from the transmission signal.
3 . The wireless communication device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the control unit includes data of a memory table provided to store data of a condition determining a load impedance corresponding to each of the value of the current passing through the amplifying unit or the gain of the amplifying unit for each power ratio of the transmission signal transmitted from the transmission unit to the reflected signal reflected from the transmission unit. and
wherein the control unit controls the regulating unit so that the regulating unit regulates the load of the amplifying unit based on a ratio of the power of the transmission signal, which is being detected through the first detecting unit, to the power of the reflected signal, which is being detected through the second detecting unit, so as to attain an impedance determined based on the condition corresponding to the value of the current passing through the amplifying unit or the condition corresponding to the gain of the amplifying unit.
4 . The wireless communication device according to claim 3 , wherein the control unit includes the memory table data for each frequency of the transmission signal.
5 . The wireless communication device according to claim 3 , wherein the control unit includes the memory table data for each power voltage transmitted to the amplifying unit.
6 . The wireless communication device according to claim 3 , wherein the control unit includes the memory table data for each gain control voltage transmitted to the amplifying unit.
7 . The wireless communication device according to claim 3 , wherein the condition is a phase condition corresponding to the load impedance.
8 . A wireless communication device comprising:
an amplifying unit configured to amplify a transmission signal; and
a regulating unit configured to regulate a load of the amplifying unit,
wherein the regulating unit regulates the load of the amplifying unit so as to attain a load impedance determined based on,
a) a power ratio of the transmission signal that is amplified through the amplifying unit and that is transmitted from an antenna to a reflected signal reflected by the antenna, and
b) at least one of a value of a current passing through the amplifying unit and a gain of the amplifying unit.
9 . The wireless communication device of claim 4 , wherein the wireless communication device is a wireless mobile terminal or a wireless base terminal.
10 . The wireless communication device of claim 8 , wherein the wireless communication device is a wireless mobile terminal or a wireless base terminal.
11 . A method for amplifying a transmission signal using an amplifying unit in wireless communication device, the method comprising:
amplifying a transmission signal;
transmitting the amplified transmission signal;
regulating a load of the amplifying unit to attain a load impedance determined based on,
a) a power ratio of the transmission signal that is amplified through the amplifying unit and that is transmitted from an antenna to a reflected signal reflected by the antenna, and
b) at least one of a value of a current passing through the amplifying unit and a gain of the amplifying unit.