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EP About this file: EP3616318

EP3616318 - INVERTED DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER WITH LARGE RF FRACTIONAL AND INSTANTANEOUS BANDWIDTHS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2020/10]INVERTED DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER WITH LARGE RF FRACTIONAL AND INSTANTANEOUS BANDWITHS
[2023/26]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  20.10.2023
Database last updated on 05.08.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  15.06.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  28.05.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  31.01.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  02.11.2018
Formerunknown
Status updated on  07.06.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT, SK		published on 04.09.2024 [2024/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
100 Chelmsford Street
Lowell, Massachusetts 01851 / US
[2020/10]
Inventor(s)01 / BOUISSE, Gerard
31 Rue Jules Mazellier
31100 Toulouse / FR
02 / CASSOU, Christian
51 Rue Gaston Doumergue
31170 Tournefeuille / FR
 [2020/10]
Representative(s)Cabinet Beaumont
4, Place Robert Schuman
B.P. 1529
38025 Grenoble Cedex 1 / FR
[2020/10]
Application number, filing date17726354.824.04.2017
[2020/10]
WO2017IB00604
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018197917
Date:01.11.2018
Language:EN
[2018/44]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3616318
Date:04.03.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.11.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/10]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3616318
Date:22.11.2023
Language:EN
[2023/47]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP01.11.2018
ClassificationIPC:H03F1/42, H03F1/56, H03F3/195, H03F1/02, H03F3/21, H03F3/24, H03F3/213, H03F3/60
[2023/26]
CPC:
H03F3/195 (EP); H03F1/0288 (EP,US); H03F1/42 (EP);
H03F1/565 (EP,US); H03F3/211 (EP,US); H03F3/213 (EP);
H03F3/245 (EP); H03F3/601 (EP); H03F3/604 (EP);
H03F2200/222 (US); H03F2200/36 (EP); H03F2200/387 (US);
H03F2200/451 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2020/10]H03F3/195, H03F1/02, H03F3/24, H03F3/21, H03F3/213, H03F3/60, H03F1/56
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2020/10]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:INVERTIERTER DOHERTY-LEISTUNGSVERSTÄRKER MIT GROSSEN HF-FRAKTIONALEN UND UNMITTELBAREN BANDBREITEN[2020/10]
English:INVERTED DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER WITH LARGE RF FRACTIONAL AND INSTANTANEOUS BANDWIDTHS[2023/26]
French:AMPLIFICATEUR DE PUISSANCE DOHERTY INVERSÉ À GRANDES LARGEURS DE BANDE FRACTIONNAIRES RF ET INSTANTANÉES[2020/10]
Former [2020/10]INVERTED DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER WITH LARGE RF FRACTIONAL AND INSTANTANEOUS BANDWITHS
Entry into regional phase21.11.2019National basic fee paid 
21.11.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
21.11.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.11.2019Examination requested  [2020/10]
21.11.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
27.05.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
27.05.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.11.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.05.2023Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 19.05.2023
19.05.2023Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
16.06.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.10.2023Fee for grant paid
10.10.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
10.10.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.11.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
27.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
29.04.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
25.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
23.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT22.11.2023
CZ22.11.2023
DK22.11.2023
EE22.11.2023
ES22.11.2023
HR22.11.2023
IT22.11.2023
LT22.11.2023
LV22.11.2023
NL22.11.2023
PL22.11.2023
RO22.11.2023
RS22.11.2023
SE22.11.2023
SK22.11.2023
SM22.11.2023
BG22.02.2024
NO22.02.2024
GR23.02.2024
IS22.03.2024
PT22.03.2024
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Former [2024/35]AT22.11.2023
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NL22.11.2023
PL22.11.2023
RO22.11.2023
RS22.11.2023
SE22.11.2023
SM22.11.2023
BG22.02.2024
NO22.02.2024
GR23.02.2024
IS22.03.2024
PT22.03.2024
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PT22.03.2024
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LT22.11.2023
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PL22.11.2023
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PT22.03.2024
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LT22.11.2023
NL22.11.2023
RS22.11.2023
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BG22.02.2024
NO22.02.2024
GR23.02.2024
IS22.03.2024
PT22.03.2024
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ES22.11.2023
LT22.11.2023
NL22.11.2023
BG22.02.2024
GR23.02.2024
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PT22.03.2024
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IS22.03.2024
Former [2024/20]GR23.02.2024
IS22.03.2024
Cited inInternational search[I]US2013093534  (MEI CHONG [US]) [I] 1-43 * paragraph [0006] - paragraph [0011] * * paragraph [0026] - paragraph [0032]; figures 7A,7B *;
 [A]US2015180428  (PHAM BI [CA], et al) [A] 1-43 * paragraph [0049] - paragraph [0073]; figures 6-11 *;
 [A]US2017085228  (ABDO DAVID F [US], et al) [A] 9-11,30-32 * paragraph [0041] - paragraph [0044]; figure 3 * * paragraph [0097] - paragraph [0108]; figure 27 *;
 [A]  - Hai-Jin Zhou ET AL, "DESIGN OF AN S-BAND TWO-WAY INVERTED ASYMMETRICAL DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER FOR LONG TERM EVOLUTION APPLICATIONS", Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, (20130101), pages 73 - 80, URL: http://www.jpier.org/PIERL/pierl39/08.13032010.pdf, (20170825), XP055401428 [A] 1-43 * page 74, paragraph 2 - page 78, paragraph 3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.2528/PIERL13032010
 [A]  - ANDREI GREBENNIKOV ET AL, "High-Efficiency Doherty Power Amplifiers: Historical Aspect and Modern Trends", PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE, IEEE. NEW YORK, US, (20121201), vol. 100, no. 12, doi:10.1109/JPROC.2012.2211091, ISSN 0018-9219, pages 3190 - 3219, XP011471965 [A] 1-43 * page 3202, paragraph V - page 3203 * * page 3207, paragraph VII - page 3210 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2012.2211091
Examination   - DAEHYUN KANG ET AL, "30.3% PAE HBT Doherty power amplifier for 2.5~ 2.7 GHz mobile WiMAX", MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM DIGEST (MTT), 2010 IEEE MTT-S INTERNATIONAL, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20100523), ISBN 978-1-4244-6056-4, pages 796 - 799, XP031714062
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