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Portable power amplifier

Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 2002-05-23
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Granted: 2006-11-07
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Expires: 2022-05-23
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Abstract

Abstract A portable power amplifier includes portable encapsulating cases, a printed board incorporated in those encapsulating cases, and a power amplifying device mounted on this printed board. An antenna switch and an antenna are provided near the power amplifying device, which is connected to those components in a pattern. This structure improves heat dissipation efficiency of the portable power amplifier.

Inventors

  • 👤 Terumoto Akatsuka
  • 👤 Keisuke Utsunomiya
  • 👤 Haruki Owaki
  • 👤 Motoyoshi Kitagawa

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 14:04
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K7/00; H05K7/14; H05K7/1417; H01; H01P; H01P1/00; H01P1/10; H01P1/15; H03; H03F; H03F1/00; H03F1/30; H05K5/00; H05K5/06; H05K7/20; H05K7/2039; H05K7/20436; H05K7/20445; H05K7/205; H03F2200/00; H03F2200/294; H03F2200/372; H03F2200/429

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 30
Claim 1
Independent Claim 98 words
A portable power amplifier comprising: a printed board disposed in a shielding case, said shielding case including a side plate and a top plate for covering a component side of said printed board, said printed board having an end including a soldering section, and existing between said side plate and said soldering section is a space for being filled with solder via capillary action; a power amplifying device mounted to said printed board; and a heat resisting component disposed in a vicinity of said power amplifying device and coupled to said power amplifying device via heat conductive material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 98 words
A portable power amplifier comprising: a printed board disposed in a shielding case, said shielding case including a side plate and a top plate for covering a component side of said printed board, said printed board having an end including a soldering section, and existing between said side plate and said soldering section is a space for being filled with solder via capillary action; a power amplifying device mounted to said printed board; and a heat resisting component disposed in a vicinity of said power amplifying device and coupled to said power amplifying device via heat conductive material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 29 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 1 , further comprising: a burr extending from said side plate toward said soldering section for being connected with said soldering section.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 35 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 2 , wherein said top plate includes a part that is cut and bent, with said part being in contact with a top of said power amplifying device.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 79 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 3 , further comprising: a high frequency circuit in a vicinity of said power amplifying device, wherein said top plate further includes (i) another part that is cut and bent, with said another part defining a partition between said power amplifying device and said high frequency circuit, and (ii) a hole, produced by the cutting and bending of said another part, that is on a power amplifying device side of said partition.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 62 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 4 , further comprising: an air intake hole in a vicinity of said soldering section, said air intake hole being in said side plate on a high frequency circuit side of said partition; and an air outlet hole in a vicinity of said power amplifying device, said air outlet hole being in said top plate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 19 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 5 , wherein said side plate is rougher than said top plate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 18 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 6 , wherein said shielding case comprises a metallic outer case.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 101 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 2 , further comprising: a high frequency circuit in a vicinity of said power amplifying device; a partition between said power amplifying device and said high frequency circuit; a hole, in said top plate, on a power amplifying device side of said partition; an air intake hole in a vicinity of said soldering section, said air intake hole being in said side plate on a high frequency circuit side of said partition; and an air outlet hole in a vicinity of said power amplifying device, said air outlet hole being in said top plate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 19 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 8 , wherein said high frequency circuit comprises a voltage controlling oscillator.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 23 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 2 , further comprising: a voltage controlling oscillator in a vicinity of said power amplifying device.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 15 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 2 , wherein said shielding case is metallic.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 35 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein said top plate includes a part that is cut and bent, with said part being in contact with a top of said power amplifying device.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 76 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 1 , further comprising: a high frequency circuit in a vicinity of said power amplifying device, wherein said top plate includes (i) a part that is cut and bent, with said part defining a partition between said power amplifying device and said high frequency circuit, and (ii) a hole, produced by the cutting and bending of said part, that is on a power amplifying device side of said partition.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 62 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 13 , further comprising: an air intake hole in a vicinity of said soldering section, said air intake hole being in said side plate on a high frequency circuit side of said partition; and an air outlet hole in a vicinity of said power amplifying device, said air outlet hole being in said top plate.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 19 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 13 , wherein said high frequency circuit comprises a voltage controlling oscillator.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 59 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein said shielding case is metallic, and further comprising: a filter coupled to an output terminal of said power amplifying device, said filter including chip components, with at least one of said chip components being between said output terminal and grounding, and with said grounding being near said shielding case.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 36 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 16 , wherein said filter includes a chip inductor coupled to said output terminal of said power amplifying device, with said chip inductor being reflow-soldered to said printed board.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 24 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 16 , further comprising: a pattern inductor coupled to said output terminal of said power amplifying device.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 19 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein said side plate is rougher than said top plate.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 28 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 2 , wherein said top plate includes a part that is in contact with a top of said power amplifying device.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 52 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein said shielding case includes a first hole and a second hole, with said power amplifying device being positioned between said first hole and said second hole so as to be cooled by air entering said first hole and exiting said second hole.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 42 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 1 , further comprising: an audio input device; and an audio output device disposed above said audio input device, wherein said power amplifying device is between said audio input device and said audio output device.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 26 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 1 , further comprising: a chip capacitor between a power control terminal of said power amplifying device and grounding.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 26 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 1 , further comprising: a chip capacitor between a power supply terminal of said power amplifying device and grounding.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim 33 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 1 , further comprising: an impedance matching circuit coupled to an input terminal of said power amplifying device, said impedance matching circuit including a pattern inductance.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim 35 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 1 , further comprising: an impedance matching circuit coupled to an input terminal of said power amplifying device, said impedance matching circuit including chip components that are reflow-soldered.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim 28 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 1 , further comprising: a dc cut-off chip capacitor coupled in series to an input terminal of said power amplifying device.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim 33 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein said shielding case is metallic, and further comprising: a grounded chip component, with grounding for said chip component being near said shielding case.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim 17 words
The portable power amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein said shielding case comprises an outer case.

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