Push-pull amplifier with dual coplanar transmission line
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1. A push-pull amplifier for amplifying a radio frequency signal comprising:
- a substrate having a planar substrate surface;
a first coplanar transmission line positioned on the substrate surface and having first and second conductors with the first conductor conducting the signal in phase opposition relative to the second conductor;
a second coplanar transmission line also positioned on the substrate surface, connected electrically in parallel with the first transmission line, and having third and fourth conductors, the third conductor conducting the signal in phase opposition relative to the fourth conductor;
first, second, third and fourth active devices having respective first, second, third and fourth input terminals and respective first, second, third and fourth output terminals, the current flowing through the output terminal of an active device depending upon the signal applied to the input terminal, the first, second, third and fourth input terminals or the first, second, third and fourth output terminals being connected, respectively, to the first, second, third and fourth conductors;
whereby the first and second active devices are connected in push-pull configuration, and the third and fourth active devices are connected in push-pull configuration.
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Abstract
A means of connecting a plurality of essentially identical active devices is presented for the purpose of multifunction and multiple function operation. These devices, mounted on a chip, are flip-mounted onto a circuit formed on a base substrate and having large passive elements. Push-pull amplifiers are presented as examples in which the multiple function operation is the combining of amplifiers whose active devices are on a single chip. Electromagnetic coupling, impedance matching and signal transmission are variously provided by the use of strip lines, slotlines, coplanar waveguides, and a slotline converted into a coplanar waveguide.
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1. A push-pull amplifier for amplifying a radio frequency signal comprising:
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a substrate having a planar substrate surface;
a first coplanar transmission line positioned on the substrate surface and having first and second conductors with the first conductor conducting the signal in phase opposition relative to the second conductor;
a second coplanar transmission line also positioned on the substrate surface, connected electrically in parallel with the first transmission line, and having third and fourth conductors, the third conductor conducting the signal in phase opposition relative to the fourth conductor;
first, second, third and fourth active devices having respective first, second, third and fourth input terminals and respective first, second, third and fourth output terminals, the current flowing through the output terminal of an active device depending upon the signal applied to the input terminal, the first, second, third and fourth input terminals or the first, second, third and fourth output terminals being connected, respectively, to the first, second, third and fourth conductors;
whereby the first and second active devices are connected in push-pull configuration, and the third and fourth active devices are connected in push-pull configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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