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A Broadband Doherty Power Amplifier With Hybrid Class-EFJ Mode.
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IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems. Part I: Regular Papers . Dec2020, Vol. 67 Issue 12, p4270-4280. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This paper proposes a method that employs novel hybrid continuous class-EFJ power amplifiers (PAs) as carrier PA to design a broadband high-efficiency Doherty power amplifier (DPA). Bandwidth characteristic of the proposed DPA is analyzed in detail. By proper selection of related parameter values, up to 78% fabrication bandwidth can be obtained. Post-harmonic tuning network is applied to improve the bandwidth and enhance the efficiency. Then, a closed design process is presented to design broadband DPA based on derived theories. For validation, a broadband DPA operating in 1.2-2.8 GHz is designed and fabricated. Measurements illustrate that the DPA can deliver saturated output power between 43.7 dBm and 44.1 dBm in 1.2-2.8 GHz, and the saturated drain efficiency from 60.5% to 74.2 % is achieved. Moreover, drain efficiency is 48.1%-57.6% at the 6 dB power back-off. Compared with conventional DPAs, the proposed DPA exhibits superior performance of bandwidth characteristics and power back-off efficiency over a wide bandwidth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15498328
- Volume :
- 67
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems. Part I: Regular Papers
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 147401024
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2020.3026064