Granted Patent B2

US 12,456,955 · App. 17/929,729 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Inventors: Huadong Wen (Guangzhou, CN); Dajie Dai (Guangzhou, CN)

Assignee: SMARTER MICROELECTRONICS (GUANG ZHOU) CO., LTD.

H03F3/26H03F1/308H03F3/245H03F2200/117H03F2200/451H03F2200/541

Abstract

Claims (38)

1. A push-pull radio frequency power amplifier, comprising: a coupling feedback circuit, a drive stage circuit and a power output stage circuit, the coupling feedback circuit being connected with the drive stage circuit and/or the power output stage circuit;

wherein, the coupling feedback circuit is configured to generate an alternating voltage at an input end of a first transistor and/or an input end of a push-pull transistor; when the alternating voltage and a voltage at the input end are in a same direction, a positive feedback of an input signal at the input end is achieved; the first transistor represents a transistor in the drive stage circuit and the push-pull transistor represents a second transistor and a third transistor that form a push-pull structure in the power output stage circuit;

wherein the drive stage circuit comprises a first transformer;

when the first transistor is a heterojunction bipolar transistor HBT, a primary coil of the first transformer is coupled with a secondary coil led out from a base of the first transistor to form a second transformer; and the coupling feedback circuit comprises the secondary coil led out from the base of the first transistor;

when the first transistor is a metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor MOSFET, the primary coil of the first transformer is coupled with a secondary coil led out from a gate of the first transistor to form a second transformer; and the coupling feedback circuit includes the secondary coil led out from the gate of the first transistor.

2. The push-pull radio frequency power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein a secondary coil of the second transformer is directly connected with a ground terminal;

or when the first transistor is the HBT, the secondary coil of the second transformer is connected with the ground terminal through an emitter of the first transistor;

or when the first transistor is the MOSFET, the secondary coil of the second transformer is connected with the ground terminal through a source of the first transistor.

3. The push-pull radio frequency power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling feedback circuit further comprises: a feedback device;

one end of the feedback device is configured to receive the alternating voltage, and the other end of the feedback device is connected with the input end of the first transistor and/or the input end of the push-pull transistor.

4. The push-pull radio frequency power amplifier according to claim 3 , wherein, the feedback device is any one of a coupling feedback capacitor, a variable capacitor, a varactor diode, a resistor-diode series branch, a RC series branch, a resistor and a filter.

5. The push-pull radio frequency power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein, the coupling feedback circuit is configured to generate the alternating voltage at the input end of the first transistor and/or the input end of the push-pull transistor; and when the alternating voltage and the voltage at the input end are in opposite directions, a negative feedback of the input signal at the input end is achieved.

6. The push-pull radio frequency power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein

when the coupling feedback circuit is connected with the drive stage circuit, the coupling feedback circuit and the drive stage circuit are located at different metal layers respectively to achieve interlayer coupling between surfaces of the different metal layers; and

when the coupling feedback circuit is connected with the power output stage circuit, the coupling feedback circuit and the power output stage circuit are located at different metal layers respectively to achieve the interlayer coupling between the surfaces of the different metal layers.

7. The push-pull radio frequency power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the positive feedback of the input signal from the output end to the input end is realized by with the alternating voltage generated by the coupling feedback circuit, and the in-phase superposition of the input signal is carried out according to the positive feedback of the input signal, thereby improving a strength of the input signal without increasing a number of drive stages.

8. A push-pull radio frequency power amplifier, comprising: a coupling feedback circuit, a drive stage circuit and a power output stage circuit, the coupling feedback circuit being connected with the drive stage circuit and/or the power output stage circuit;

wherein, the coupling feedback circuit is configured to generate an alternating voltage at an input end of a first transistor and/or an input end of a push-pull transistor; when the alternating voltage and a voltage at the input end are in a same direction, a positive feedback of an input signal at the input end is achieved; the first transistor represents a transistor in the drive stage circuit and the push-pull transistor represents a second transistor and a third transistor that form a push-pull structure in the power output stage circuit;

wherein the power output stage circuit comprises a third transformer;

when the second transistor and the third transistor are the HBT, a primary coil of the third transformer is coupled with a secondary coil led out from a base of the second transistor to form a fourth transformer; the primary coil of the third transformer is coupled with a secondary coil led out from a base of the third transistor to form a fifth transformer; and the coupling feedback circuit comprises the secondary coil led out from the base of the second transistor and the secondary coil led out from the base of the third transistor;

when the second transistor and the third transistor are the MOSFETs, the primary coil of the third transformer is coupled with a secondary coil led out from a gate of the second transistor to form a fourth transformer; the primary coil of the third transformer is coupled with a secondary coil led out by a gate of the third transistor to form a fifth transformer; and the coupling feedback circuit comprises the secondary coil led out from the gate of the second transistor and the secondary coil led out from the gate of the third transistor.

9. The push-pull radio frequency power amplifier according to claim 8 , wherein a secondary coil of the fourth transformer is connected with the ground terminal;

or when the second transistor is the HBT, the secondary coil of the fourth transformer is connected with the ground terminal through an emitter of the second transistor;

or when the second transistor is the MOSFET, the secondary coil of the fourth transformer is connected with the ground terminal through a source of the second transistor; and

a secondary coil of the fifth transformer is connected with the ground terminal directly;

or when the third transistor is the HBT, the secondary coil of the fifth transformer is connected with the ground terminal through an emitter of the third transistor;

or when the third transistor is the MOSFET, the secondary coil of the fourth transformer is connected with the ground terminal through a source of the third transistor.

10. A method of controlling circuit, which is applied in a push-pull radio frequency power amplifier comprising a coupling feedback circuit, a drive stage circuit and a power output stage circuit, in which the coupling feedback circuit is connected with the driving stage circuit and/or the power output stage circuit; wherein the method comprises:

generating an alternating voltage at an input end of a first transistor and/or an input end of a push-pull transistor; when the alternating voltage and a voltage at the input end are in a same direction, a positive feedback of an input signal at the input end is achieved, in which the first transistor represents a transistor in the drive stage circuit and the push-pull transistor represents a second transistor and a third transistor that form a push-pull structure in the power output stage circuit;

wherein

when the coupling feedback circuit is connected with the drive stage circuit, the coupling feedback circuit and the drive stage circuit are located at different metal layers respectively to achieve interlayer coupling between surfaces of the different metal layers; and

when the coupling feedback circuit is connected with the power output stage circuit, the coupling feedback circuit and the power output stage circuit are located at different metal layers respectively to achieve the interlayer coupling between the surfaces of the different metal layers.

11. The method of claim 10 ,

wherein the drive stage circuit comprises a first transformer;

when the first transistor is a heterojunction bipolar transistor HBT, a primary coil of the first transformer is coupled with a secondary coil led out from a base of the first transistor to form a second transformer; and the coupling feedback circuit comprises the secondary coil led out from the base of the first transistor;

when the first transistor is a metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor MOSFET, the primary coil of the first transformer is coupled with a secondary coil led out from a gate of the first transistor to form a second transformer; and the coupling feedback circuit includes the secondary coil led out from the gate of the first transistor.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the coupling feedback circuit is configured to generate the alternating voltage at the input end of the first transistor and/or the input end of the push-pull transistor; and when the alternating voltage and the voltage at the input end are in opposite directions, a negative feedback of the input signal at the input end is achieved.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the positive feedback of the input signal from the output end to the input end is realized by with the alternating voltage generated by the coupling feedback circuit, and the in-phase superposition of the input signal is carried out according to the positive feedback of the input signal, thereby improving a strength of the input signal without increasing a number of drive stages.

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