Transmitter Apparatus and Wireless Communication Apparatus
First Claim
1. A transmitter comprising:
- a quadrature modulation unit which inputs an in-phase component and a quadrature component of an input modulation signal and performing quadrature modulation;
a variable gain amplification unit which amplifies output of the quadrature modulation unit with a gain being controlled based on a gain control signal; and
a power amplification unit which performs power amplification of output of the variable gain amplifications unit, wherein the power amplification unit has a linear mode for performing power amplification using a linear operation region in an input/output power characteristic and a saturation mode for performing power amplification using a saturation operation region in the input/output power characteristic, and wherein, if transmission output power is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the output level of the variable gain amplification unit is adjusted, the power amplification unit is operated in the saturation mode, and a transmission output control signal amplitude-modulated based on an amplitude component of the input modulation signal is input to an output control input terminal of the power amplification unit for performing polar coordinate modulation;
if the transmission output power is less than the predetermined value, the output level of the variable gain amplification unit is adjusted, the power amplification unit is operated in the linear mode, and a transmission output control signal of a predetermined level responsive to the transmission output power is input to the output control input terminal for performing linear amplification.
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Abstract
A transmitter apparatus that exhibits a high efficiency and that can provide a wide variable output control width. An operation of saturation mode is performed in the vicinity of the maximum transmission power. A large-power amplifier (12) is caused, by increasing and then fixing the input level thereof, to operate in a saturation state, while the amplitude component of a modulation signal in a range corresponding to an output power control level is inputted to an R-input terminal (33) to amplitude modulate the power supply voltage (VDD) of a power supply terminal (25), thereby performing a polar coordinate modulation of a high efficiency. An operation of linear mode is performed for a smaller transmission power. The large-power amplifier (12) is caused, by reducing the input level thereof, to perform a linear operation, while the power supply voltage (VDD) of the power supply terminal (25) is varied in accordance with the output power control level, thereby performing a transmission power control.
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11 Claims
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1. A transmitter comprising:
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a quadrature modulation unit which inputs an in-phase component and a quadrature component of an input modulation signal and performing quadrature modulation;
a variable gain amplification unit which amplifies output of the quadrature modulation unit with a gain being controlled based on a gain control signal; and
a power amplification unit which performs power amplification of output of the variable gain amplifications unit, wherein the power amplification unit has a linear mode for performing power amplification using a linear operation region in an input/output power characteristic and a saturation mode for performing power amplification using a saturation operation region in the input/output power characteristic, and wherein, if transmission output power is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the output level of the variable gain amplification unit is adjusted, the power amplification unit is operated in the saturation mode, and a transmission output control signal amplitude-modulated based on an amplitude component of the input modulation signal is input to an output control input terminal of the power amplification unit for performing polar coordinate modulation;
if the transmission output power is less than the predetermined value, the output level of the variable gain amplification unit is adjusted, the power amplification unit is operated in the linear mode, and a transmission output control signal of a predetermined level responsive to the transmission output power is input to the output control input terminal for performing linear amplification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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