A power amplifying apparatus, comprising: a Doherty amplifier formed by a carrier amplifier (504; CA) and a peaking amplifier (506; PA 1 , ..., PA N-1 ), each having input and output matching circuits (1412, 1414; 1422; 1424), the carrier amplifier being biased as a class AB amplifier and the peaking amplifier being biased as a class C amplifier; an asymmetric power divider configured to provide power to the peaking amplifier higher than that provided to the carrier amplifier, to distribute the power to the carrier amplifier (504; CA) and the peaking amplifier (506; PA 1 , ..., PA N-1 ) asymmetrically in order to obtain an output current value of the carrier amplifier being equivalent to an output current value of the peaking amplifier at maximum power output of the power amplifying apparatus, wherein the maximum power output of the power amplifying apparatus is obtained by forming the input and the output matching circuits in the peaking amplifier and the carrier amplifier differently from each other and by reducing the load impedance of the peaking amplifier more than that of the carrier amplifier; and an offset line connected to the each of the output matching circuits of the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier, and configured to increase impedance output of the power amplifying apparatus while the peaking amplifier is not in operation, and wherein the distributing of the power to the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier comprises distributing the power to the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier asymmetrically to equalize fundamental current components of the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier at the maximum input power. a Doherty amplifier formed by a carrier amplifier (504; CA) and a peaking amplifier (506; PA 1 , ..., PA N-1 ), each having input and output matching circuits (1412, 1414; 1422; 1424), the carrier amplifier being biased as a class AB amplifier and the peaking amplifier being biased as a class C amplifier; an asymmetric power divider configured to provide power to the peaking amplifier higher than that provided to the carrier amplifier, to distribute the power to the carrier amplifier (504; CA) and the peaking amplifier (506; PA 1 , ..., PA N-1 ) asymmetrically in order to obtain an output current value of the carrier amplifier being equivalent to an output current value of the peaking amplifier at maximum power output of the power amplifying apparatus, wherein the maximum power output of the power amplifying apparatus is obtained by forming the input and the output matching circuits in the peaking amplifier and the carrier amplifier differently from each other and by reducing the load impedance of the peaking amplifier more than that of the carrier amplifier; and an offset line connected to the each of the output matching circuits of the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier, and configured to increase impedance output of the power amplifying apparatus while the peaking amplifier is not in operation, and wherein the distributing of the power to the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier comprises distributing the power to the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier asymmetrically to equalize fundamental current components of the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier at the maximum input power. <EOS>