IP Library Granted Patent US 10,250,205
Granted Patent B2
US 10,250,205 · App. 15/736,327 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Power amplifying device

Inventors: Kenya Tomaru (Tokyo, JP); Manabu Nakamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
H03F3/2173H03F3/217H03F3/2175H03F3/24H03K5/02H03M1/0629H04L27/362
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Patent No.
US 10,250,205
App. No.
15/736,327
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An outphasing power amplifying device includes a switching signal generating circuit configured to generate a switching pulse signal for switching a class-D power amplifier from two types of sinusoidal wave generated based on amplitude and phase of a modulated wave to be transmitted. The switching signal generating circuit includes: a sin calculation unit and a cos calculation unit for converting phase information of the two types of sinusoidal wave into a quadrature format; a DA converter for converting the quadrature-format phase information; a first filter for removing an aliasing component from the analogue signal; an analogue quadrature modulator for generating a sinusoidal wave from the analogue signals by using a local signal; a second filter for allowing a radio frequency and a component in the vicinity thereof to pass therethrough; and a comparator for converting the sinusoidal wave into a switching pulse signal by comparison with a reference voltage.

Claims (18)

1. An outphasing power amplifying device including a full-bridge class-D power amplifier, comprising:

a switching signal generating circuit configured to generate a switching pulse signal for switching the class-D power amplifier from two types of sinusoidal wave generated based on an amplitude and a phase of a modulated wave to be transmitted,

wherein the switching signal generating circuit includes:

a sin calculation unit and a cos calculation unit which are configured to convert phase information of the two types of sinusoidal wave into a quadrature format;

a DA converter configured to convert the quadrature-format phase information from each of the sin calculation unit and the cos calculation unit into an analogue signal;

a first filter configured to remove an aliasing component from the analogue signal inputted from the DA converter;

an analogue quadrature modulator configured to generate a sinusoidal wave from the analogue signals inputted from the first filter by using a local signal;

a second filter configured to allow a predetermined radio frequency and a component in the vicinity thereof in the sinusoidal wave inputted from the analogue quadrature modulator to pass therethrough; and

a comparator configured to convert the sinusoidal wave inputted from the second filter into a switching pulse signal by comparison with a reference voltage.

2. The power amplifying device of claim 1 , wherein the quadrature-format phase information is updated at a predetermined interval based on the modulated wave to be transmitted.

3. An outphasing power amplifying device including a full-bridge class-D power amplifier, comprising:

a switching signal generating circuit configured to generate a switching pulse signal for switching the class-D power amplifier from two types of sinusoidal wave generated based on an amplitude and a phase of a modulated wave to be transmitted,

wherein the switching signal generating circuit includes:

a DDS (Direct Digital Synthesizer) configured to update a phase accumulator at a predetermined frequency based on phase information of the two types of sinusoidal wave and output an amplitude value of a sinusoidal wave corresponding to the phase of the phase accumulator;

a DA converter configured to convert the amplitude value of the sinusoidal wave inputted from the DDS into an analogue signal;

a second filter configured to remove a clock component from the analogue signal inputted from the DA converter; and

a comparator configured to convert the analogue signal inputted from the second filter into a switching pulse signal by comparison with a reference voltage.

4. The power amplifying device of claim 3 , wherein a phase shift value added to an output of the phase accumulator is updated at a predetermined interval based on the modulated wave to be transmitted.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded May 15, 2025
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 071275/0058 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 15, 2025
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI DENKI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 071275/0236 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: TOMARU, KENYA; NAKAMURA, MANABU
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 044393/0581 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-124889 · Jun 22, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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