US 12,113,482 B2
Amplifier device packages incorporating internal couplers
Kenneth Brewer, Mesa, AZ (US)
Assigned to MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., Lowell, MA (US)
Filed by MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., Lowell, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/518,883.
Prior Publication US 2023/0140451 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H01L 23/66 (2006.01); H03F 3/195 (2006.01)
CPC H03F 1/0205 (2013.01) [H01L 23/66 (2013.01); H03F 3/195 (2013.01); H01L 2223/6655 (2013.01); H03F 2200/198 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An amplifier package comprising:
a plurality of input leads;
a plurality of transistor amplifiers having inputs respectively coupled to one of the plurality of input leads; and
a quadrature hybrid coupler within the amplifier package and coupled between the plurality of input leads and the plurality of transistor amplifiers, wherein the quadrature hybrid coupler is configured to divide an input signal received from a first of the plurality of input leads between the plurality of transistor amplifiers,
wherein the quadrature hybrid coupler comprises a plurality of ports, and
wherein none of the ports of the quadrature hybrid coupler are terminated within the amplifier package.