Download or read book Push pull Based High Efficiency and High Power Broadband Power Amplifiers for Wireless Base Stations written by Ayman Jundi and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The monthly data throughput by 2021 is forecasted to be ten times that of December 2015. As a result of the on going dramatic increase in demand, service providers are assigned new frequency bands to accommodate more channels to carry more data. However, the usable part of the spectrum is a limited resource so modern communication signals were designed to be more spectrally efficient to send more bits over the same channel bandwidth. However, these spectrally efficient signals have high PAPR. The immediate reaction to these changes was to add additional RF front-end branches to accommodate the new frequency bands. Initially, the PAs used at the time were not optimized for back-off efficiency and where operating at low efficiency which caused significant increase in heat generation for the same average power produced which in turn increased cooling costs and reduced the life time of the PA. After the introduction of back-off efficiency enhancement techniques the PAs became more efficient however they were limited in bandwidth which is typically 10-15%. This work focuses on reducing the redundancy of power amplifiers in communication base stations while maintaining high back-off efficiency. After exploring the literature to understand the limitations of current implementations, it was found that the push-pull topology is often used at low frequency in broadband high power PAs. In the absence of a complimentary transistor pairs the push-pull implantation requires the use of balanced to unbalanced (balun) transformers. Various balun implantations were hence investigated to identify the most suitable option for broadband planar implementation. As a result, a methodology was proposed to co-design the balun and the matching network in order to have better control over the harmonic impedance. An 85 W push-pull PA was then designed based on the proposed methodology with a multi-octave bandwidth as a demonstration of the broadband potential of push-pull PAs at RF frequencies. Next, the two most popular techniques for back-off efficiency enhancement, i.e., ET and load modulation, were studied and the principle of load modulation was found to be more suitable for broadband signal transmission. The Doherty architecture is the most common implementation of load modulation and it comes in two basic variations, the PCL and SCL DPAs. The original architecture concepts are not only band limited but also ill-suited for high frequency designs where the transistors' parasitics introduce significant effect. However, later literature expanded on the original concept of the PCL variation which provided the needed flexibility for wider bandwidth implementations at a higher frequency. Using the broadband implementation and the co-design methodology two push-pull amplifiers were used in a PCL DPA topology and demonstrated that the push-pull utilization doesn't have a significant impact on the bandwidth of the output combiner as an octave bandwidth was achieved with the use of digital Doherty. Lastly, the thesis proposes a new approach for designing high power DPAs with extended bandwidth. It starts with a generic SCL DPA architecture to derive the equations that relate its underlying combiner's ABCD parameters to the transistor's optimum impedance and load impedance. These equations featured the possibility of significantly increasing the load impedance in SCL DPA compared to the one of the popular PCL DPA architecture. This is particularly beneficial when targeting very high power DPAs for macro-cell base stations and broadcast applications where very low load impedance can seriously complicate the design and limit the achievable bandwidth. To further maximize the load impedance increase, the proposed SCL DPA uses a push-pull topology for the main and peaking amplifier stages. A low-loss planar balanced to unbalanced transformer (balun) combiner network is then utilized to realize the SCL DPA combining. The proposed approach was finally applied to design a proof-of-concept 350 W SCL DPA which operates over the band spanning from 720 to 980 MHz. The prototype demonstrated a peak output power of about 55 dBm over a 30% FBW with a 6 dB back-off efficiency, measured using pulsed signal, between 46.6% and 54.6%. Furthermore, the modulated signal based measurement results confirmed the linearizability of the SCL DPA prototype while maintaining a back-off efficiency over 50% for a 7.1 dB peak to average power ratio signal.

Download or read book Broadband High Efficiency RF Power Amplifier Design for Cellular Base Stations in Wireless Communications written by Mengsu Yang and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bandwidth and Efficiency Enhancement in Radio Frequency Power Amplifiers for Wireless Transmitters written by Karun Rawat and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on broadband power amplifier design for wireless communication. Nonlinear model embedding is described as a powerful tool for designing broadband continuous Class-J and continuous class F power amplifiers. The authors also discuss various techniques for extending bandwidth of load modulation based power amplifiers, such as Doherty power amplifier and Chireix outphasing amplifiers. The book also covers recent trends on digital as well as analog techniques to enhance bandwidth and linearity in wireless transmitters. Presents latest trends in designing broadband power amplifiers; Covers latest techniques for using nonlinear model embedding in designing power amplifiers based on waveform engineering; Describes the latest techniques for extending bandwidth of load modulation based power amplifiers such as Doherty power amplifier and Chireix outphasing amplifiers; Includes coverage of hybrid analog/digital predistortion as wideband solution for wireless transmitters; Discusses recent trends on on-chip power amplifier design with GaN /GaAs MMICs for high frequency applications.

Download or read book High Efficiency and High Linearity Power Amplifiers for 5G Wireless Communications written by Duy Phuong Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the increasing demand for higher data rates and the crowding of the cellular bands below 3 GHz, researchers are looking to the millimeter-wave frequency spectrum to define the next generation of mobile broadband communications. One of the biggest challenges in implementing a millimeter-wave solution is the low efficiency of commercially available millimeter-wave power amplifiers. Furthermore, the monolithic millimeter-wave integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifiers also need to have high power with reasonable gain, good linearity and maintain a compact chip size. In Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of this dissertation, a compact high efficiency Ka-band power amplifier and a highly linear amplifier using second harmonic injection will be demonstrated. The requirements are even more stringent when the amplifiers are deployed in wireless systems that have high peak to average power ratio (PAPR). Among the most popular solutions to achieve high efficiency at power back-off is the Doherty architecture. Thus far, Doherty power amplifiers have been primarily implemented in the spectrum below 3 GHz for cellular base stations. Very few millimeter-wave Doherty PA’s have been reported to date. The conventional Doherty architecture has several inherent drawbacks that cause low efficiency, occupy large chip size and limit the performance bandwidth. Therefore, in our work, we propose four different Doherty amplifier topologies improve the DPA performance: 1) An ultra-compact Doherty amplifier using 3-dimensional broadside coupler 2) A wideband reconfigurable Doherty amplifier 3) A high power density stacked-FET Doherty power amplifier with asymmetrical gate bias 4) A high efficiency asymmetrical Doherty power amplifier using novel load modulation scheme based on load-pull data. All the proposed DPAs are fabricated in a 0.15-[mu]m enhancement mode (E-mode) Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) process. The proposed techniques and experimental results will be discussed in Chapter 3, 4, 5 and 6.The content of this dissertation is a compilation of 18 manuscripts, all of which I am the author or co-author. The titles, publishers and publication dates of the manuscripts are listed on page xii and xiii in this dissertation.

Download or read book High Efficiency Load Modulation Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications written by Zhancang Wang and published by Artech House. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cutting-edge resource presents a complete and systematic overview of the practical design considerations of radio frequency (RF) high efficiency load modulation power amplifiers (PA) for modern wireless communications for 4G and beyond. It provides comprehensive insight into all aspects of load modulation PA design and optimization not only covering design approaches specifically for passive and active load modulation operation but also hybrid with dynamic supply modulation and digital signal processing algorithms required for performance enhancement. Passive load impedance tuner design, dynamic load modulation PA, active load modulation PA and Doherty PA design for efficiently enhancement are explained. Readers find practical guidance into load modulation PA design for bandwidth extension, including video bandwidth enhancement techniques, broadband dynamic load amplifiers, topology selection, design procedures, and network output. This book presents the evolution and integration of classical load modulation PA topologies in order to meet new challenges in the field.

Download or read book Wireless and Satellite Systems written by Qihui Wu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-27 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set LNICST 357-358 constitutes the post-conference proceedings of the 11th EAI International Conference on Wireless and Satellite Services, WiSATS 2020, held in Nanjing, China, in September 2020. The 91 full papers and workshop papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 200 submissions. Part I - LNICST 357 - details original research and results of wireless and satellite technology for a smarter global communication architecture. The theme of WISATS 2020 is “Intelligent Wireless and Satellite Communications for Beyond 5G”. Part II – LNICST 358 - presents 6 workshop papers: High Speed Space Communication and Space Information Networks (HSSCSIN); Integrated Space and Onboard Networks (ISON); Intelligent Satellite Operations, Managements, and Applications (ISOMA); Intelligent Satellites in Future Space Networked System (ISFSNS); Satellite Communications, Networking and Applications (SCNA); Satellite Internet of Things; Trusted Data Sharing, Secure Communication (SIOTTDSSC).

Download or read book High Efficiency RF and Microwave Solid State Power Amplifiers written by Paolo Colantonio and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-07-08 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to know how to design high efficiency RF and microwave solid state power amplifiers? Read this book to learn the main concepts that are fundamental for optimum amplifier design. Practical design techniques are set out, stating the pros and cons for each method presented in this text. In addition to novel theoretical discussion and workable guidelines, you will find helpful running examples and case studies that demonstrate the key issues involved in power amplifier (PA) design flow. Highlights include: Clarification of topics which are often misunderstood and misused, such as bias classes and PA nomenclatures. The consideration of both hybrid and monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs). Discussions of switch-mode and current-mode PA design approaches and an explanation of the differences. Coverage of the linearity issue in PA design at circuit level, with advice on low distortion power stages. Analysis of the hot topic of Doherty amplifier design, plus a description of advanced techniques based on multi-way and multi-stage architecture solutions. High Efficiency RF and Microwave Solid State Power Amplifiers is: an ideal tutorial for MSc and postgraduate students taking courses in microwave electronics and solid state circuit/device design; a useful reference text for practising electronic engineers and researchers in the field of PA design and microwave and RF engineering. With its unique unified vision of solid state amplifiers, you won’t find a more comprehensive publication on the topic.

Download or read book RF and Microwave Transmitter Design written by Andrei Grebennikov and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RF and Microwave Transmitter Design is unique in its coverage of both historical transmitter design and cutting edge technologies. This text explores the results of well-known and new theoretical analyses, while informing readers of modern radio transmitters' pracitcal designs and their components. Jam-packed with information, this book broadcasts and streamlines the author's considerable experience in RF and microwave design and development.

Download or read book Monolithic Integration in E Mode GaN Technology written by Maik Peter Kaufmann and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive, all-in-one source on design of monolithic GaN power ICs. It is written in handbook style with systematic guidelines and includes implementation examples. It covers the full range from technology fundamentals to implementation details including design techniques specific for GaN technology. It provides a detailed loss analysis based on comparative measurements between silicon and GaN based converters to provide an understanding of the relations between design choices and results which can be transferred to other power converter systems.

Download or read book Power Amplifier Design written by Noble Publishing Corporation and published by Noble Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This design guide collects 21 articles published in between 1989 and 2001, enabling readers to review classic theory as well as stay abreast of new technology. Coverage includes the specification, analysis, and measurement of distortion from various perspectives; predistortion techniques; and practical designs, including the magnetron, biasing LDMOS FETs for linear operation, the RF power transistor, and a push-pull 300-watt amplifier for 81.36 MHZ. Each article includes references. There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Download or read book High Efficiency Wideband Envelope Tracking Power Amplifier for Next generation Wireless Communications written by Myoungbo Kwak and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest generation of smart devices deployed in cellular networks has created explosive growth in network data traffic, and the increasing demand for broadband services with higher data rates, require higher peak to average power ratio (PAPR) with wider bandwidth. One of the challenges in the conventional power amplifiers (PAs) with fixed supply voltage, is the degraded efficiency and generated heats at a large back-off to meet tight linearity requirements. This dissertation presents high efficiency wideband envelope tracking power amplifiers for 2.1 GHz micro base-stations and 2.5 GHz wireless mobile applications. By superimposing the envelope signal at the drain such that the RF amplifier operates consistently closer to saturation, the overall efficiency is improved and the generated heat is reduced dramatically. In the first part of the dissertation, a high performance BiCMOS DMOS monolithic envelope amplifier for micro-base station power amplifiers is presented. Due to the low breakdown voltage of the CMOS transistors, the high voltage envelope amplifier has been implemented with discrete components with high voltage process. Compared to these discrete solutions, an integrated circuits implementation for the envelope amplifier brings many benefits. The design of monolithic envelope amplifiers for high voltage (VDD = 15 V) envelope tracking applications, and the design techniques to solve the reliability issues with thin gate oxide is described. The overall envelope tracking system employing a GaN-HEMT RF transistor, and fully integrated high voltage envelope amplifier with a 0.35[mu]m BiCMOS DMOS process, is demonstrated. In the second part, a high-efficiency wideband envelope tracking power amplifier for mobile LTE applications will be presented. The CMOS envelope amplifier with hybrid linear and switcher is designed in a 150 nm CMOS process. The envelope amplifier employs direct sensing of the linear stage current to reduce the propagation delay in the switcher. The strategy is demonstrated to improve the efficiency of the complete envelope tracking power amplifier system. The resulting performance of envelope tracking system employing a GaAs HBT-based RF PA with a 5 MHz LTE signal input demonstrated state-of-the-art efficiency while meet the linearity requirement.

Download or read book High Efficiency Broadband Envelope Tracking Power Amplifiers written by Jonmei Johana Yan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to meet the increasing demand for higher data rates while maximizing spectral efficiency, modern wireless communication systems transmit complex non-constant envelope modulation signals with high peak-to-average ratio (PAPR). As a result, conventional power amplifiers must be operated in back-off, leading to a significant efficiency reduction. Various power amplifier architectures (i.e. Doherty, outphasing, and envelope tracking) have been demonstrated to achieve high efficiency for these high PAPR signals. Unlike the other architectures, the envelope tracking power amplifier (ETPA) makes an excellent candidate for multi-band multi-frequency use, while maintaining high efficiency for high PAPR and under average power back-off, as it is fundamentally immune to changes in the frequency of the carrier; it depends only on the envelope of the RF signal. This dissertation focuses on the design of envelope tracking power amplifiers for enabling broadband wireless communication systems. First, a test-bench for evaluating broadband ETPAs is described. A calibration routine, acting as a pre-equalizer, is used to achieve a flat linear response over the entire instantaneous bandwidth of the system, resulting in less than 1% EVM for a 40 MHz LTE signal. Performances of envelope tracking power amplifiers on this test-bench at various frequencies from UHF to millimeter-wave are evaluated, and record efficiencies are demonstrated. Next, this dissertation describes how in under practical usage, the power transmitted fluctuates as a function of the load demands over time. The long-term efficiency of the ETPA is evaluated using Monte-Carlo simulations based on a projected time-varying power profile. Compared to a Doherty PA with the same peak efficiency, the ETPA can provide more than 1.4x reduction in overall energy consumed. The ETPA thus provides significant opportunities for system energy savings under realistic operation. Thirdly, to accommodate the wide range of carrier frequencies required for numerous emerging wireless systems, a multi-octave RFPA based on a compact GaN stacked IC with RC feedback is designed, fabricated, and evaluated. Multi-octave ET operation was demonstrated from 500 to 1750 MHz with >25% efficiency. Compared to its constant drain voltage counterpart, >2x improvement in RFPA efficiency is observed in ET. Lastly, while the ETPA provides advantages such as broad carrier bandwidths and high efficiency under back-off operation, one of the main challenges in ETPA design lies in accommodating wide modulation bandwidths. Adaptive de-troughing, a digital signal processing approach for extending the modulation bandwidth capability of an existing dynamic power supply, is described and evaluated. Measurements demonstrated the ability to extend ET operation to 20 MHz LTE signals. In addition, ~5-6% modulator efficiency enhancement was measured when comparing "standard" to "adaptive" de-troughing supply waveforms.

Download or read book Broadband Power Amplifier Design with High Power High Efficiency and Large Back off Range written by Yuchen Cao and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As modern communication system technology develops, the demand for devices with smaller size, higher efficiency, and larger bandwidth has increased dramatically. To achieve this purpose, a novel architecture of load modulated balanced amplifier (LMBA) with a unique load-modulation characteristic different from any existing LMBAs and Doherty power amplifiers (DPAs) was presented, which is named as Pseudo-Doherty LMBA (PD-LMBA). Based on a special combination of control amplifier (carrier) and balanced amplifier (peaking) together with proper phase and amplitude controls, an optimal load-modulation behavior can be achieved for PD-LMBA leading to maximized efficiency over extended power back-off range. More importantly, the efficiency optimization can be achieved with only a static setting of phase offset at a given frequency, which greatly simplifies the complexity for phase control. Furthermore, the co-operations of the carrier and peaking amplifiers in PD-LMBA are fully de-coupled, thus lifting the fundamental bandwidth barrier imposed on Doherty-based active load modulation.

Download or read book Multistage Broadband Amplifiers Based on GaNHEMT Technology for 3G 4G Base Station Applications with Extremely High Bandwidth written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GaN HFETs have been proposed for high power high linearity and high bandwidth applications andreached tremendous output power levels [1]. However, there are relatively few circuit examples especially for wideband power amplifiers fulfilling the requirements of future multiband/multistandard capable 3G/4G base stations. This work presents first promising results of realised GaN based wideband power amplifier demonstrators for the mentionedfield of application. Two different amplifier concepts for thefinal stage of a power amplifier module for medium range multiband base station applications in the L- and S-Bandhave been implemented as first amplifier demonstrators. Theamplifiers have been characterized by using single carrierW-CDMA signals and showed a promising high bandwidthfor output power levels up to> 10 W while meeting the3GPP ACLR specification in a wide frequency range.

Download or read book Broadband Microwave Push pull Power Amplifiers in Liquid Crystal Polymer Modules written by Andy Chien-Hsiang Chen and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Development of High Efficiency Power Amplifiers for Emerging Wireless Applications written by Jeffery Alan Curtis and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Ph.D. research, several Ka-Band power amplifiers are designed and built for use in next generation mobile broadband communication systems. The Doherty power amplifier architecture is demonstrated as a possible solution to improving the back-off efficiency of millimeter-wave power amplifiers, since many mobile broadband communication systems employ modulation formats with large peak-to-average power ratios. This research also demonstrates some novel techniques to improve upon the Doherty architecture for millimeter-wave power amplifier design. Two fully integrated Ka-Band Doherty power amplifiers are designed and developed using a 0.15-[mu]m GaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (pHEMT) process. The first uses the classic Doherty configuration with some previously developed modifications to resolve some practical issues and achieves a measured small signal gain of 10.3 dB, measured output power at 1-dB compression point (P1dB) of 25.1 dBm, measured peak power added efficiency (PAE) of 38%, and measured PAE of 27% at 6-dB back-off power. The bias network of this same Doherty was then modified by short circuiting some resistors in the gate bias path and it then achieves a measured small signal gain of 10.5 dB, measured output power at 1-dB compression point (P1dB) of 26.9 dBm, measured peak power added efficiency of 42%, and measured PAE of 32% at 6-dB back-off power. The second Doherty amplifier uses a novel load-pull based Doherty technique accounting for nonideal back-off impedance in millimeter-wave power amplifiers and achieves a measured small signal gain of 9 dB, simulated output power at 1-dB compression point (P1dB) of 29 dBm, simulated peak power added efficiency of 46%, and simulated PAE of 35% at 6-dB back-off power. The performance achieved with these power amplifiers makes them a promising candidate for use in next generation mobile broadband communication systems.

Download or read book A Novel Approach for Wide Band High efficiency Power Amplifier Design written by Abdullah Almuhaisen and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wireless communication systems require an efficient and broadband RF frontend. RF Power Amplifiers (PA) are the most critical component in the RF frontend and are considered the bottleneck in high efficient wideband transmitters. The research starts with an investigation of high efficient operation modes based on waveform engineering. The outcome of the research can be divided into two main parts: The first concerns an analysis of high efficient modes of operation. The second part builds on first part looking at the PA's efficiency-bandwidth perspective to design a wide band high efficient PA. The first part of the thesis, introduces a novel linear high efficient PA mode termed Injection Power Amplifier (IPA) that exceeds drain efficiency of 90% without relying on the nonlinearity of a PA at the compression region. This is achieved by presenting appropriate negative harmonic impedances to a transistor to reduce the dissipated power, thus, increasing the efficiency of conversion of DC to fundamental RF power. The theoretical analysis of this mode is presented and a validation measurement has been carried out using an active load-pull system. The measured results confirmed the theoretical predictions of achieving high efficiency in a linear PA operation. Furthermore, a PA structure that is based on two parallel PAs (main PA and auxiliary PA) has been proposed along with the practical circuit realization of the IPA mode. In addition, a PA prototype has been designed following a methodology of nonlinear PA design based on waveform engineering. The PA prototype has been characterized and built operating at 0.9 GHz with an output power of 10 W showing a high linear efficient operation of 80% drain efficiency at only 1 dB compression level. The second part of this work aims to tackle today's limitation of high efficient wideband PAs beyond octave bandwidth. A conceptual system based on multimode operation has been proposed to overcome the need for bandlimiting passive harmonic termination. This novel approach is based on combining passive termination with active harmonic injection to get around the theoretical limitation of one octave for high efficiency harmonically tuned power amplifiers. Furthermore, a proof of concept PA prototype has been designed and built for a two octave bandwidth (4:1 bandwidth) operating from 0.63-2.56 GHz and providing the rated output power of a 10 W GaN device with a PAE greater than 50% at only 1 dB compression point. This multi-mode approach shows a promising technique for future wideband high efficiency wireless transmitters.