Patent attributes
A Doherty amplifier of an embodiment includes an input terminal, an output terminal a splitter, a combiner, a carrier amplifier, a peak amplifier. The splitter is connected to the input terminal, the splitter having first and second outputs. The combiner is connected to the output terminal, the combiner having first and second inputs. The carrier amplifier includes a first input-side two-port network connected to the first output of the splitter, a first amplifier connected to an output of the first input-side two-port network, and a first output-side two-port network connected between an output of the first amplifier and the first input of the combiner. The peak amplifier includes a second input-side two-port network connected to the second output of the splitter, a second amplifier connected to the output of the second input-side two-port network, and a second output-side two-port network connected between an output of the second amplifier and the second input of the combiner. The combiner is a parallel-connected load type having a parallel connection of the output-side two-port network of the carrier amplifier and the output-side two-port network of the peak amplifier for the output terminal at a combining point. The load admittance at the combining point is expressed using a complex number.
