Radio frequency amplifier circuit

1. A radio frequency amplifier circuit comprising:

a plurality of transistors which are connected in parallel and output an amplified radio frequency signal;

a plurality of first harmonic processing circuits which are connected to an output terminal of said transistors and connected to each other in parallel, and each of which processes one of an even harmonic and an odd harmonic included in the radio frequency signal; and

a plurality of second harmonic processing circuits which are connected to said output terminal of said transistors and connected to each other in parallel, and each of which processes the other of the even harmonic and the odd harmonic included in the radio frequency signal;

wherein, depending on each of said first harmonic processing circuits, a connecting point between said output terminal and said first harmonic processing circuit is at a different position in an arrangement direction of said transistors, and

depending on each of said second harmonic processing circuits, a connecting point between said output terminal and said second harmonic processing circuit is at a different position in the arrangement direction.

2. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein said first harmonic processing circuits are disposed in the arrangement direction, and

said second harmonic processing circuits are disposed in the arrangement direction.

3. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein said transistors share said output terminal,

each of said first harmonic processing circuits and said second harmonic processing circuits includes a wire as an inductor, and

connecting points of a plurality of wires including said wire in said output terminal are at different positions in the arrangement direction.

4. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of said first harmonic processing circuits includes: a first inductor which has one end connected to said output terminal; and a capacitor which has (i) one end connected to the other end of said first inductor and (ii) the other end connected to the ground, and is a series resonance circuit which resonates at a frequency twice as high as an operation frequency of said transistors.

5. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 4 ,

wherein a plurality of capacitors including said capacitor are formed separately in a form of islands.

6. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of said second harmonic processing circuits includes: a second inductor which has one end connected to said output terminal; and a first distributed parameter element connected to the other end of said second inductor.

7. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 6 ,

wherein said first distributed parameter element is an open stab, and

when a wavelength of the operation frequency of said transistors is set to λ, a line length of said first distributed parameter element is λ/12.

8. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising

a matching circuit for a fundamental included in the radio frequency signal, said matching circuit being connected to said second harmonic processing circuits.

9. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 6 , further comprising

a matching circuit for the fundamental included in the radio frequency signal, said matching circuit being connected to said second harmonic processing circuits,

wherein said matching circuit includes: a third inductor which has one end connected to a connecting point between said second inductor and said first distributed parameter element; a second distributed parameter element connected between said second inductor and said third inductor; and a circuit connected to the other end of said third inductor.

10. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the connecting point between said output terminal and said first harmonic processing circuit is arranged in alternation with the connecting point between said output terminal and said second harmonic processing circuit.

11. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 10 ,

wherein the number of said first harmonic processing circuits is greater than the number of said second harmonic processing circuits by 1.

12. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 10 ,

wherein the number of said second harmonic processing circuits is greater than the number of said first harmonic processing circuits by 1.

13. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 10 ,

wherein said first harmonic processing circuits and said second harmonic processing circuits are disposed symmetrically with reference to a center of said output terminal in the arrangement direction.

14. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of said first harmonic processing circuits includes: a first inductor which has one end connected to said output terminal; and a capacitor which has (i) one end connected to the other end of said first inductor and (ii) the other end connected to the ground,

each of said second harmonic processing circuits includes: a second inductor which has one end connected to said output terminal; and a first distributed parameter element connected to the other end of said second inductor, and

said capacitor and said first distributed parameter element are disposed on a same substrate.

15. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein said first harmonic processing circuits include said first harmonic processing circuits having resonant frequencies different from each other.

16. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein said second harmonic processing circuits include said second harmonic processing circuits having resonant frequencies different from each other.

17. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein said first harmonic processing circuit is a processing circuit which shows a shorted state in a secondary harmonic, and

said second harmonic processing circuit is a processing circuit which shows an open state in a tertiary harmonic.

18. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein said first harmonic processing circuit is a processing circuit which shows the shorted state in the tertiary harmonic, and

said second harmonic processing circuit is a processing circuit which shows the open state in the secondary harmonic.

19. The radio frequency amplifier circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein said transistors share said output terminal.