WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD AND POWER AMPLIFIER OF THE SAME

• US 20150244338A1
• Filed: 12/07/2014
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: LEE, Chien-Hua, Lin, Yen-Chuan
• Granted Patent: US 9,300,265 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 1/56 Modifications of input or output impedances, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/111 the amplifier being a dual or triple band amplifier, e.g. 900 and 1800 MHz, e.g. switched or not switched, simultaneously or not
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/222 A circuit being added at the input of an amplifier to adapt the input impedance of the amplifier
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/318 A matching circuit being used as coupling element between two amplifying stages
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/387 A circuit being added at the output of an amplifier to adapt the output impedance of the amplifier
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/411 the output amplifying stage of an amplifier comprising two power stages
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/451 the amplifier being a radio frequency amplifier
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2203/21103 An impedance adaptation circuit being added at the input of a power amplifier stage
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/19 with semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/245 with semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/68 Combinations of amplifiers, e.g. multi-channel amplifiers for stereophonics power amplifiers using a combination of several semiconductor amplifiers H03F3/211; combinations of amplifiers using coupling networks with distributed constants H03F3/602
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/3042 in modulators, frequency-changers, transmitters or power amplifiers transmission power control in bidirectional transmission systems H04W52/04

Abstract

A wireless communication device that includes a power amplifier and an antenna is provided. The power amplifier includes a first and a second power amplifying paths, a first and a second selection circuits, first matching circuits and second matching circuits. The first and the second power amplifying paths receive a first and a second input signals respectively. The first selection circuit selects one of the first matching circuits according to a frequency band of the first input signal to perform a first matching process to generate a first output signal. The second selection circuit selects one of the second matching circuits according to a frequency band of the second input signal to perform a second matching process to generate a second output signal. The antenna is coupled to the power amplifier to transmit the first and/or the second output signals.

Claims

1. A power amplifier, comprising:

a first power amplifying path to receive a first input signal within a first frequency range, wherein the first input signal is further within one of a plurality of first frequency sub-bands of the first frequency range;

a plurality of first matching circuits each comprising a first circuit structure and a first matching parameter corresponding to one of the first frequency sub-bands;

a first selection circuit coupled between the first power amplifying path and the first matching circuits to select one of the first matching circuits according to a frequency band where the first input signal is located therein to perform a first matching process on the first input signal to generate a first output signal;

a second power amplifying path to receive a second input signal within a second frequency range, wherein the second input signal is further within one of a plurality of second frequency sub-bands of the second frequency range, and frequencies of the second frequency range are higher than those of the first frequency range;

a plurality of second matching circuits each comprising a second circuit structure and a second matching parameter corresponding to one of the second frequency sub-bands; and

a second selection circuit coupled between the second power amplifying path and the second matching circuits to select one of the second matching circuits according to the frequency band where the second input signal is located therein to perform a second matching process on the second input signal to generate a second output signal.

2. The power amplifier of claim 1, further comprising:

a first input selection circuit to select the first input signal in one of a plurality of first input frequency sub-bands to input the first input signal to the first power amplifying path; and

a second input selection circuit to select the second input signal in one of a plurality of second input frequency sub-bands to input the second input signal to the second power amplifying path.

3. The power amplifier of claim 2, further comprising a control module to control the first selection circuit, the second selection circuit, the first input selection circuit and the second input selection circuit to perform selections.

4. The power amplifier of claim 1, wherein the first power amplifying path comprises a plurality of stages of matching circuits and a plurality of stages of amplifying circuits connected in series to perform an amplifying and matching process on the first input signal.

5. The power amplifier of claim 1, wherein the second power amplifying path comprises a plurality of stages of matching circuits and a plurality of stages of amplifying circuits connected in series to perform an amplifying and matching process on the second input signal.

6. The power amplifier of claim 1, wherein the first matching process and the second matching process each comprises a power matching process, an impedance matching process or a combination of the above.

7. The power amplifier of claim 1, wherein the first frequency range is from 700 MHz to 2000 MHz, and the second frequency range is from 2000 MHz to 2700 MHz.

8. A wireless communication device comprising:

a power amplifier comprising;

a first power amplifying path to receive a first input signal within a first frequency range, wherein the first input signal is further within one of a plurality of first frequency sub-bands of the first frequency range;

a plurality of first matching circuits each comprising a first circuit structure and a first matching parameter corresponding to one of the first frequency sub-bands;

a first selection circuit coupled between the first power amplifying path and the first matching circuits to select one of the first matching circuits according to a frequency band where the first input signal is located therein to perform a first matching process on the first input signal to generate a first output signal;

a second power amplifying path to receive a second input signal within a second frequency range, wherein the second input signal is further within one of a plurality of second frequency sub-bands of the second frequency range, and frequencies of the second frequency range are higher than those of the first frequency range;

a plurality of second matching circuits each comprising a second circuit structure and a second matching parameter corresponding to one of the second frequency sub-bands;

a second selection circuit coupled between the second power amplifying path and the second matching circuits to select one of the second matching circuits according to the frequency band where the second input signal is located therein to perform a second matching process on the second input signal to generate a second output signal, and

an antenna coupled to the power amplifier to transmit the first and/or the second output signals.

9. The wireless communication device of claim 8, wherein the power amplifier further comprises:

a first input selection circuit to select the first input signal in one of a plurality of first input frequency sub-bands to input the first input signal to the first power amplifying path; and

a second input selection circuit to select the second input signal in one of a plurality of second input frequency sub-bands to input the second input signal to the second power amplifying path.

10. The wireless communication device of claim 9, wherein the power amplifier further comprises a control module to control the first selection circuit, the second selection circuit, the first input selection circuit and the second input selection circuit to perform selections.

11. The wireless communication device of claim 8, wherein the first power amplifying path comprises a plurality of stages of matching circuits and a plurality of stages of amplifying circuits connected in series to perform an amplifying and matching process on the first input signal.

12. The wireless communication device of claim 8, wherein the second power amplifying path comprises a plurality of stages of matching circuits and a plurality of stages of amplifying circuits connected in series to perform an amplifying and matching process on the second input signal.

13. The wireless communication device of claim 8, wherein the first matching process and the second matching process each comprises a power matching process, an impedance matching process or a combination of the above.

14. The wireless communication device of claim 8, wherein the first frequency range is from 700 MHz to 2000 MHz, and the second frequency range is from 2000 MHz to 2700 MHz.

15. A wireless communication method used in a wireless communication device, comprising:

receiving a first input signal within a first frequency range by a first power amplifying path and/or receiving a second input signal within a second frequency range by a second power amplifying path, wherein the first input signal is further within one of a plurality of first frequency sub-bands of the first frequency range, the second input signal is further within one of a plurality of second frequency sub-bands of the second frequency range, and frequencies of the second frequency range are higher than those of the first frequency range;

selecting one of a plurality of first matching circuits according to a frequency band where the first input signal is located therein to perform a first matching process on the first input signal to generate a first output signal, and/or selecting one of a plurality of second matching circuits according to a frequency band where the second input signal is located therein to perform a second matching process on the second input signal to generate a second output signal, wherein each of the first matching circuits comprises a first circuit structure and a first matching parameter corresponding to one of the first frequency sub-bands and each of the second matching circuits comprises a second circuit structure and a second matching parameter corresponding to one of the second frequency sub-bands; and

transmitting the first and/or the second output signals by an antenna.

16. The wireless communication method of claim 15, further comprising:

selecting the first input signal in one of a plurality of first input frequency sub-bands by a first input selection circuit to input the first input signal to the first power amplifying path; and

/or

selecting the second input signal in one of a plurality of second input frequency sub-bands by a second input selection circuit to input the second input signal to the second power amplifying path.

17. The wireless communication method of claim 15, further comprising performing an amplifying and matching process on the first input signal by the first power amplifying path.

18. The wireless communication method of claim 15, further comprising performing an amplifying and matching process on the second input signal by the second power amplifying path.

19. The wireless communication method of claim 15, wherein the first matching process and the second matching process each comprises a power matching process, an impedance matching process or a combination of the above.

20. The wireless communication method of claim 15, wherein the first frequency range is from 700 MHz to 2000 MHz, and the second frequency range is from 2000 MHz to 2700 MHz.