DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER DEVICE AND POWER AMPLIFICATION METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

A Doherty power amplifier apparatus and a power amplification method are disclosed in the present invention. The apparatus includes an auxiliary power amplifier apparatus and a main power amplifier apparatus, wherein the auxiliary power amplifier apparatus is configured to amplify signal power by using a Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor (LDMOS) device; the main power amplifier is configured to amplify signal power by using a High voltage heterojunction bipolar transistor (HVHBT) device. An HVHBT device is adopted as a main power amplifier in the present invention. By use of the present invention, a power amplification efficiency of a main power amplifier in a Doherty power amplifier may be enhanced compared with an existing Doherty power amplifier in which both a main power amplifier and an auxiliary power amplifier use LDMOS, thereby a power amplification efficiency of the whole Doherty power amplifier is substantially increased.