PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15778749
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["330", "295000"]

Abstract:
An amplifier apparatus ( 332 ) comprises a main linear amplifier sub-circuit ( 402 ) having a main driving signal input terminal ( 331 ) and a main amplifier output terminal ( 406 ). The apparatus also comprises an auxiliary linear amplifier sub-circuit ( 404 ) having an auxiliary driving signal input terminal ( 357 ) and an auxiliary amplifier output terminal ( 408 ). A combining network ( 410 ) is operably coupled between the main amplifier output terminal ( 406 ) and the auxiliary amplifier output terminal ( 408 ), the combining network ( 410 ) having a main-side terminal ( 424 ) and an auxiliary-side terminal ( 434 ). The main linear amplifier sub-circuit ( 402 ) is arranged to generate, when in use, a main amplified signal in response to a main driving signal applied at the main driving signal input terminal ( 331 ). The auxiliary linear amplifier sub-circuit ( 404 ) is arranged to generate, when in use, an impedance modifying signal at the auxiliary-side terminal ( 357 ) in response to an auxiliary driving signal and at substantially the same time as the main linear amplifier sub-circuit ( 402 ) generates the main amplified signal, the auxiliary linear amplifier sub-circuit ( 404 ) also being arranged to amplify substantially more than half of each wave cycle of the auxiliary driving signal.

Claim (Index 27):
A method of amplifying a main drive signal, the method comprising:\n providing a main amplifier sub-circuit having a main driving signal input terminal and a main amplifier output terminal; providing an auxiliary amplifier sub-circuit having an auxiliary driving signal input terminal and an auxiliary amplifier output terminal; operably coupling a combining network between the main amplifier output terminal and the auxiliary amplifier output terminal; applying the main driving signal to the main driving signal input terminal, the main linear amplifier sub-circuit generating a main amplified signal in response to the main driving signal; applying an auxiliary driving signal to the auxiliary driving signal input terminal, the auxiliary linear amplifier sub-circuit generating an impedance modifying signal in response to the auxiliary driving signal and at substantially the same time as the main linear amplifier sub-circuit; and the auxiliary linear amplifier sub-circuit amplifying substantially more than half of each wave cycle of the auxiliary driving signal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.46377
- Patent Class: 330.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15226554', '13505777', '10335154', '11372595', '14759528']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7729912842579691
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4794541238320618
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7436375682153784
- Mean Citation Score: 195.856966
- Max Citation Score: 210.25043
- Similarity Product: 169.7172204798472

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test