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US 12,665,555 · App. 18/340,842 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Radio frequency power amplifier that reduces load change sensitivity, chip, and communication terminal

Inventors: Haihui Li (Tianjin, CN); Yunfang Bai (Tianjin, CN)
Assignee: VANCHIP (TIANJIN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H03F3/245H03F1/34H03F2200/135H03F2200/451
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,665,555
App. No.
18/340,842
Filed
Jun 24, 2023
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Examiner
CHOE, HENRY
Art Unit
2843
USPC
330/293
Abstract

Disclosed is a radio frequency power amplifier that reduces load change sensitivity, which comprises a feedback circuit ( 10 ) and a plurality of levels of amplification circuit, the feedback circuit ( 10 ) and all or a portion of amplification circuit among the plurality of levels of amplification circuit being connected in parallel between a first node (M) and a second node (N), and a feedback loop made up of the feedback circuit ( 10 ) and an amplification circuit main path located between the first node (M) and the second node (N) forming a 180°+360°×n phase shift, where n is a natural number.

Claims (17)

1 . A radio frequency power amplifier, comprising a feedback circuit and a plurality of stages of amplification circuit, the feedback circuit and all or a portion of amplification circuit among the plurality of stages of amplification circuit being connected in parallel between a first node and a second node, and a feedback loop made up of the feedback circuit and an amplification circuit main path located between the first node and the second node forming a 180°+360°×n phase shift, where n is a natural number; wherein

each stage of amplification circuits is composed of an amplification device, and adjacent stages of the plurality of stages of amplification circuits are connected in series with interstage capacitance;

two amplification devices of the plurality of stages of amplification circuits are arranged between the first node and the second node to form a 360° phase shift;

the interstage capacitance between the two amplification devices which are arranged between the first node and the second node, and a feedback capacitance in the feedback circuit forms a 180° phase shift; and

when a load impedance changes, a current flowing to the feedback circuit at the second node fluctuates, thereby changing a phase of a feedback current at the first node to dynamically adjust a size of a combined net input current.

2 . The radio frequency power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein:

a radio frequency current input to the first node and a feedback current output from the feedback circuit to the first node are in reverse phase under a predetermined load impedance.

3 . The radio frequency power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein:

one end of the feedback circuit and an output end of a penultimate stage amplification circuit being connected to the second node, and under a condition that the feedback loop forming a 180°+360°×n phase shift, the other end of the feedback circuit is connected to the first node with the input end of a certain stage amplification circuit in front of the penultimate stage amplification circuit.

4 . The radio frequency power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein:

one end of the feedback circuit and an output end of a penultimate stage amplification circuit being connected to the second node, and under a condition that the feedback loop forming a 180°+360°×n phase shift, the other end of the feedback circuit is connected to the first node with the output end of a certain stage amplification circuit in front of the penultimate stage amplification circuit.

5 . The radio frequency power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein:

one end of the feedback circuit and an output end of the last stage amplification circuit being connected to the second node, and under a condition that the feedback loop forming a 180°+360°×n phase shift, the other end of the feedback circuit is connected to the first node with the output end of a certain stage amplification circuit in front of the last stage amplification circuit.

6 . The radio frequency power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein:

one end of the feedback circuit and an output end of the last stage amplification circuit being connected to the second node, and under a condition that the feedback loop forming a 180°+360°×n phase shift, the other end of the feedback circuit is connected to the first node with the input end of a certain stage amplification circuit in front of the last stage amplification circuit.

7 . An integrated circuit chip, comprising the radio frequency power amplifier according to claim 1 .

8 . A communication terminal, comprising the radio frequency power amplifier according to claim 1 .

Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011552738.0 · Dec 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021140432 · Dec 22, 2021
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