An apparatus is disclosed, comprising means for storing reference data indicative of characteristics for each of two or more amplifiers for amplifying signals in two or more respective bands, the reference data including voltage characteristics required by the particular amplifier to achieve a particular output power for a range of output power values for its respective frequency band. The apparatus may comprise means for receiving at least a first required output power for a first amplifier and a second required output power for a second amplifier, and determining, based on the reference data, the voltage characteristics required for the first amplifier to achieve the first required output power and the voltage characteristics required for the second amplifier to achieve the second required output power.

The disclosure relates to an electronic device and a method for wireless communication including a power amplification circuit. According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include: a radio frequency processing module comprising radio frequency circuitry, a first power amplification circuit connected to the radio frequency processing module, a second power amplification circuit connected to the radio frequency processing module and the first power amplification circuit, and a front-end module comprising circuitry connected to the second power amplification circuit and an antenna and configured to transmit a signal, wherein the second power amplification circuit is configured to acquire, from the first power amplification circuit, a first signal obtained by amplifying a signal output from the radio frequency processing module and a second signal by amplifying a signal output from the radio frequency processing module.

An integrated circuit is disclosed comprising at least one first field effect transistor, having at least one first source contact and at least one first drain contact and at least one first gate contact, and at least one second field effect transistor, having at least one second source contact and at least one second drain contact and at least one second gate contact, wherein the first drain contact is connected to the second drain contact, and the first source contact is coupled to the second gate contact, wherein the first source contact, the first drain contact, the first gate contact, the second source contact, the second drain contact and the second gate contact are implemented as structured metallization layers on a single substrate, and the first and second drain contacts share at least one single dedicated surface area on said substrate.

The present invention provides an amplifier arrangement for amplifying a broadband signal, the amplifier arrangement comprising a signal splitter configured to receive the broadband signal and output a first split signal and a second split signal, and a balanced amplifier that is coupled to the signal splitter and is configured to amplify the first split signal and the second split signal and is configured to output a single amplified broadband signal based on the amplified first split signal and the amplified second split signal. The present invention further provides a respective method.

Exemplary impedance matching circuit for an amplifier device comprises a broadband impedance transformer configured to transform, over a fundamental frequency range, an impedance associated with an input port or an output port of the impedance matching circuit; and to transmit RF signals having a fundamental frequency within the fundamental frequency range. The impedance matching circuit also includes a phase shifter circuit configured to transmit, with substantially matched impedance, the RF signals having a fundamental frequency within the fundamental frequency range, and to phase-shift higher-order harmonics of the RF signals. The impedance matching circuit also includes a high-pass impedance transformer configured to match an impedance of the RF signals having a fundamental frequency within the fundamental frequency range; and to transmit, with low reflection, second-order harmonics of the RF signals. Exemplary embodiments also include amplifier circuits comprising an RF amplifier and embodiments of the impedance matching circuit.

A multi-band power amplifier module includes at least one transmission input terminal, at least one power amplifier circuit that receives a first transmission signal and a second transmission signal through the at least one transmission input terminal, a first filter circuit that allows the first transmission signal to pass therethrough, a second filter circuit that allows the second transmission signal to pass therethrough, at least one transmission output terminal through which the first and second transmission signals output from the first and second filter circuits are output, a transmission output switch that outputs each of the first and second transmission signals output from the at least one power amplifier circuit to the first filter circuit or the second filter circuit, and a first tuning circuit that adjusts impedance matching between the at least one power amplifier circuit and the at least one transmission output terminal.

The present invention provides an amplifier arrangement for amplifying a broadband signal, the amplifier arrangement comprising a signal splitter configured to receive the broadband signal and output a first split signal and a second split signal, and a balanced amplifier that is coupled to the signal splitter and is configured to amplify the first split signal and the second split signal and is configured to output a single amplified broadband signal based on the amplified first split signal and the amplified second split signal. The present invention further provides a respective method.

An amplifier circuit includes an RF amplifier that is configured to amplify an RF signal between a first terminal and a second terminal across an RF frequency range. The amplifier circuit includes a multi-stage impedance matching network having a broadband impedance transformer, a phase shifter, and a high-pass impedance transformer connected in series with one another between a first port of the amplifier circuit and the first terminal. The broadband impedance transformer provides impedance transformation in the RF frequency range. The phase shifter shifts a phase output port reflection coefficient in a second order harmonic frequency range that overlaps with a second order harmonic of the fundamental RF frequency. The high-pass impedance transformer transmits an RF signal in the RF frequency range while providing impedance transformation in the RF frequency range and transmits RF signals in the second order harmonic frequency range with low impedance.

A multi-stage low-noise amplifier (LNA) device with a band pass response includes a first LNA in series with a second LNA. The device further includes multiple outputs coupled to the second LNA. Each of the outputs is capable of being active at the same time. The device further includes a high pass filter coupled between the first LNA and the second LNA.

[Problem] To provide a monitoring system capable of monitoring, without stopping operations for a long period of time, a change of the characteristics of an apparatus to be subjected to characteristic measurement, to which high frequency signals are inputted. [Solution] A signal to be monitored and a reference signal are inputted to an input unit 11, and the input unit inputs one of the inputted signals to an apparatus 15 to be subjected to characteristic measurement. On the basis of an output signal of the apparatus 15 and the reference signal in the cases where the reference signal is inputted to the apparatus, an input/output characteristic calculation unit 12 calculates the input/output characteristics of the apparatus 15. On the basis of calculation results obtained from the input/output characteristic calculation unit 12, a correction result generating unit 13 generates a correction result signal that indicates the results obtained by correcting an output signal of the apparatus 15 in the cases where the signal to be monitored is inputted to the apparatus. On the basis of the correction result signal generated by the correction result generating unit 13, a failure determining unit 14 determines whether the apparatus has a failure.