A broadband power amplifier is required to cover the full range of cellular frequency band—from 700 MHz to 2600 MHz—in a base station that supports multiple frequency bands simultaneously. Conventional laterally dif...A broadband power amplifier is required to cover the full range of cellular frequency band—from 700 MHz to 2600 MHz—in a base station that supports multiple frequency bands simultaneously. Conventional laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor （LDMOS） transistors support narrow band applications up to 3 GHz. However, they cannot operate beyond 1 GHz in broadband applications. GaN transistors have much higher power density and operational frequency compared with LDMOS. Therefore, they are ideal for broadband amplifiers that support multiple bands. Theories for designing broadband amplifiers are introduced in this article, and a 500-2500 MHz 60 W GaN amplifier is discussed.展开更多
A novel broadband power amplifier fabricated in 0.13 m SiGe HBT technology is realized.The pseudo-differential structure is proposed to avoid the influence of the bonding wire due to the AC virtual ground created at t...A novel broadband power amplifier fabricated in 0.13 m SiGe HBT technology is realized.The pseudo-differential structure is proposed to avoid the influence of the bonding wire due to the AC virtual ground created at the common emitter node.A compensated matching technique is adopted in interstage matching to expand bandwidth.A multi-stage broadband matching technique is used in an input/output matching network to offer broadband impedance matching,which ensures maximum power transfer.An adaptive bias circuit could improve linearity and efficiency in wide output power level.With 2.5 V power supply,the measured results achieve 96% 3-dB bandwidth（517-1470 MHz）,27.2 dB power gain,26.9 dBm maximum output power,19.7 dBm output 1 dB compression point,and 26.7% power added efficiency.展开更多
A novel design of high-efficiency broadband power amplifier （BPA） with the low-pass bias networkto enhance the efficiency and output power is presented in this paper. Compared with other bias networks, the proposed ...A novel design of high-efficiency broadband power amplifier （BPA） with the low-pass bias networkto enhance the efficiency and output power is presented in this paper. Compared with other bias networks, the proposed low-pass bias network shows a smaller baseband impedance, which can reduce the electrical memory effect. While it provides a larger radio frequency （RF） impedance, which can prevent the leakage of the output power from bias network. A BPA with the proposed bias network is designed using commercial GaN device Cree40025F. The designed BPA shows a fractional bandwidth of 40%, from 1.8 GHz to 2.7 GHz. The measured results exhibit 73.9 % drain efficiency （DE） value with output power of 43.5 dBm at 2.7 GHz, which appears an enhancement of 9.5% and 2.5 dBm comparing with that adopts LC bias network.展开更多
文摘A broadband power amplifier is required to cover the full range of cellular frequency band—from 700 MHz to 2600 MHz—in a base station that supports multiple frequency bands simultaneously. Conventional laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor （LDMOS） transistors support narrow band applications up to 3 GHz. However, they cannot operate beyond 1 GHz in broadband applications. GaN transistors have much higher power density and operational frequency compared with LDMOS. Therefore, they are ideal for broadband amplifiers that support multiple bands. Theories for designing broadband amplifiers are introduced in this article, and a 500-2500 MHz 60 W GaN amplifier is discussed.
文摘A novel broadband power amplifier fabricated in 0.13 m SiGe HBT technology is realized.The pseudo-differential structure is proposed to avoid the influence of the bonding wire due to the AC virtual ground created at the common emitter node.A compensated matching technique is adopted in interstage matching to expand bandwidth.A multi-stage broadband matching technique is used in an input/output matching network to offer broadband impedance matching,which ensures maximum power transfer.An adaptive bias circuit could improve linearity and efficiency in wide output power level.With 2.5 V power supply,the measured results achieve 96% 3-dB bandwidth（517-1470 MHz）,27.2 dB power gain,26.9 dBm maximum output power,19.7 dBm output 1 dB compression point,and 26.7% power added efficiency.
基金supported by National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(2014CB339900)National Natural Science Foundation of China(61201025)National Natural Science Foundation of China for the Major Equipment Development(61327806)
文摘A novel design of high-efficiency broadband power amplifier （BPA） with the low-pass bias networkto enhance the efficiency and output power is presented in this paper. Compared with other bias networks, the proposed low-pass bias network shows a smaller baseband impedance, which can reduce the electrical memory effect. While it provides a larger radio frequency （RF） impedance, which can prevent the leakage of the output power from bias network. A BPA with the proposed bias network is designed using commercial GaN device Cree40025F. The designed BPA shows a fractional bandwidth of 40%, from 1.8 GHz to 2.7 GHz. The measured results exhibit 73.9 % drain efficiency （DE） value with output power of 43.5 dBm at 2.7 GHz, which appears an enhancement of 9.5% and 2.5 dBm comparing with that adopts LC bias network.
