Patent attributes
In the radio communication device of the present invention, a first carrier transmission modulation wave outputted from a first signal generator 101 is amplified by a first power amplifier 103 and transmitted from a first antenna element 107 through a first duplexer 105. A second carrier transmission modulation wave outputted from a second signal generator 102 is amplified by a second power amplifier 104 and transmitted from a second antenna element 108 through a second duplexer 106. Then, transmission modulation waves with the first and second carriers are subjected to spatial power combining after being transmitted from the two antenna elements 107 and 108 that permit diversity reception. As a result, the radio communication device, which uses two or more carriers (carrier waves), can achieve highly efficient power amplification with a small-sized low-cost circuit means.
