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Granted Patent B2
US 9,866,181 · App. 15/270,954 · Granted Jan 9, 2018

Power amplification circuit and transmitter

Inventors: Xiaomin Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); An Huang (Shenzhen, CN); Liuyan Jiao (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H03F1/3241H03F1/3205H03F3/193H03F3/195H03F3/245H03F2200/18H03F2200/222H03F2200/387H03F2200/451
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Patent No.
US 9,866,181
App. No.
15/270,954
Granted
Jan 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments for a power amplifier that can increase a low-frequency resonance frequency are provided. The power amplifier includes a power amplifying transistor die, a first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor, a direct current decoupling capacitor, and an output matching network, where: a drain of the power amplifying transistor die is connected to a first end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor by using a bonding wire, and a second end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor is grounded; the drain of the power amplifying transistor die is directly connected to the output matching network by using a bonding wire; a source of the power amplifying transistor die is grounded; the first end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor is connected to one end of the direct current decoupling capacitor by using a bonding wire; and the other end of the direct current decoupling capacitor is grounded.

Claims (22)

1. A power amplifier, comprising a power amplifying transistor die, a first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor, a direct current decoupling capacitor, and an output matching network, wherein:

a drain of the power amplifying transistor die is connected to a first end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor by a first bonding wire, and a second end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor is grounded;

the drain of the power amplifying transistor die is directly connected to the output matching network by a second bonding wire, and a source of the power amplifying transistor die is grounded;

the first end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor is connected to a first end of the direct current decoupling capacitor by a third bonding wire; and

a second end of the direct current decoupling capacitor is grounded,

wherein the first end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor is connected, by the third bonding wire, to a microstrip on a printed circuit board on which the power amplifier is located, and the microstrip is connected to the first end of the direct current decoupling capacitor that is between the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor and the output matching network.

2. The power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor is connected, by the third bonding wire, to the microstrip that is on the printed circuit board on which the power amplifier is located and that is on a side of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor.

3. The power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor is connected, by the third bonding wire, to the microstrip that is on the printed circuit board on which the power amplifier is located and that is on a side of the output matching network.

4. The power amplifier according to claim 1 , further comprising an input matching network, wherein a gate of the power amplifying transistor die is directly connected to the input matching network by a fourth bonding wire.

5. The power amplifier according to claim 1 , further comprising a second metal oxide semiconductor capacitor, wherein

the drain of the power amplifying transistor die is connected directly to the output matching network by the second bonding wire and a fifth bonding wire,

a connected end between the fifth and second bonding wires is connected to a first end of the second metal oxide semiconductor capacitor, and

a second end of the second metal oxide semiconductor capacitor is grounded.

6. The power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the direct current decoupling capacitor is a nanofarad-level capacitor.

7. A transmitter, comprising a power amplifier, wherein:

the power amplifier comprises a power amplifying transistor die, a first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor, a direct current decoupling capacitor, and an output matching network, wherein:

a drain of the power amplifying transistor die is connected to a first end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor by a first bonding wire, and a second end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor is grounded;

the drain of the power amplifying transistor die is directly connected to the output matching network by a second bonding wire, and a source of the power amplifying transistor die is grounded;

the first end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor is connected to a first end of the direct current decoupling capacitor by a third bonding wire; and

a second end of the direct current decoupling capacitor is grounded

wherein the first end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor is connected, by the third bonding wire, to a microstrip on a printed circuit board on which the power amplifier is located, and the microstrip is connected to the first end of the direct current decoupling capacitor that is between the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor and the output matching network.

8. The power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the direct current decoupling capacitor is a microfarad-level capacitor.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 3RD INVENTOR NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 042226 FRAME: 0408. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 30, 2017
From: ZHANG, XIAOMIN; HUANG, AN; JIAO, LIUYAN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042623/0891 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2017
From: ZHANG, XIAOMIN; HUANG, AN; JIAO, LIUYUAN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042226/0408 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2014073883 · Mar 21, 2014
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