A communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are provided. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The electronic device includes a first antenna module including a first amplifier configured to amplify a signal received from a communication circuit, a second antenna module including a second amplifier configured to amplify a signal received from the communication circuit, and an impedance matching circuit disposed between an output terminal of the first amplifier and an output terminal of the second amplifier.

A variable-gain power amplifying technique includes generating, with a network of one or more reactive components included in an oscillator, a first oscillating signal, and outputting, via one or more taps included in the network of the reactive components, a second oscillating signal. The second oscillating signal has a magnitude that is proportional to and less than the first oscillating signal. The power amplifying technique further includes selecting one of the first and second oscillating signals to use for generating a power-amplified output signal, and amplifying the selected one of the first and second oscillating signals to generate the power-amplified output signal.

The present disclosure provides a power amplifier circuit capable of suppressing the occurrence of noises while enabling control of an output power level. The power amplifier circuit includes a first transistor that amplifies a first signal; a bias circuit that supplies a bias current or voltage based on a control signal to the first transistor; a second transistor to which a control current based on the control signal is supplied, which has an emitter or a source thereof connected to a collector or a drain of the first transistor, and from which a second signal obtained by amplifying the first signal is output; and a first feedback circuit provided between the collector or the drain of the second transistor and the base or the gate of the second transistor.

Apparatus and methods for an inverted Doherty amplifier operating at gigahertz frequencies are described. RF fractional bandwidth and signal bandwidth may be increased over a conventional Doherty amplifier configuration when impedance-matching components and an impedance inverter in an output network of the inverted Doherty amplifier are designed based on characteristics of the main and peaking amplifier and asymmetry factor of the amplifier.

A package (1) includes first and second input terminals (2,3) which are adjacent to each other, and first and second output terminals (4,5) which are adjacent to each other. A first input matching circuit (6), a first delay circuit (7), a second input matching circuit (8), a first amplifier (9), and a first output matching circuit (10) are sequentially connected between the first input terminal (2) and the first output terminal (4) inside the package (1). A third input matching circuit (11), a second amplifier (12), a second output matching circuit (13), a second delay circuit (14), and a third output matching circuit (15) are sequentially connected between the second input terminal (3) and the second output terminal (5) inside the package (1). First to fourth matching circuits (16-19) are respectively connected to the first input terminal (2), the second input terminal (3), the first output terminal (4) and the second output terminal (5) outside the package (1).

A Doherty power amplifier comprises a splitter network, a first amplifier path comprising at least a first sub-amplifier and a first output matching network; and a second amplifier path comprising at least a second sub-amplifier amplifier and a second output matching network. The Doherty power amplifier further comprises a load modulation network comprising four transmission lines. Each transmission line is a quarter wavelength line at a fundamental frequency of the input signal.

A power amplifier is disclosed for amplifying an input signal and providing an amplified signal to a load at a junction node. The power amplifier comprises a splitter network, a carrier amplifier path and a peaking amplifier path. The peaking amplifier path comprises a first impedance transformer coupled between a peaking output matching network and the junction node to enhance the off-state impedance of the peaking amplifier. The carrier amplifier path comprises a second impedance transformer coupled between a carrier output matching network and the junction node.

Amplifiers, amplification circuits, and phase shifters, for example, for flexibly adjusting an output phase to thereby meet a requirement of a constant phase on a link in a communications field, are provided. In one aspect, an amplifier includes first, second, and third MOS transistors. The first MOS transistor includes a gate separately coupled to a signal input end and a bias voltage input end, a source coupled to a power supply, and a drain separately coupled to sources of the second and third MOS transistors. A drain of the third MOS transistor is coupled to a ground, and a drain of the second MOS transistor is coupled to a signal output end. The bias voltage input end is configured to receive a bias voltage to adjust a phase difference between an input signal at the signal input end and an output signal at the signal output end.

A circuit and method for providing high-voltage radio-frequency (RF) energy to an instrument at multiple frequencies includes a plurality of inputs each configured to receive an RF voltage signal oscillating at a corresponding frequency, and a step-up circuit for generating magnified RF voltage signals based on the received RF voltage signals. The step-up circuit includes an LC network operable to isolate the RF voltage signals at the plurality inputs from one another while preserving a voltage magnification from each input to a common output at each of the corresponding frequencies.

An amplifier applied to TIA is provided to suppress the noise caused by a current source. An amplifier constituting a transimpedance amplifier includes an inductor element inserted between a current source connected to an input terminal of an amplification stage and a power source voltage line. The current source includes a first transistor in which a base terminal is connected to a current control bias and a collector terminal is connected to the input terminal. The inductor element is inserted between the emitter terminal of the first transistor and the power source voltage line.