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Input-Harmonic-Controlled Broadband Continuous Class-F Power Amplifiers for Sub-6-GHz 5G Applications

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A comprehensive analysis is presented for investigating the effects of input nonlinearity on performance and broadband design of continuous-mode class-F power amplifiers (PAs). New time-domain waveforms are derived considering input… Click to show full abstract

A comprehensive analysis is presented for investigating the effects of input nonlinearity on performance and broadband design of continuous-mode class-F power amplifiers (PAs). New time-domain waveforms are derived considering input and output harmonic terminations for continuous-mode class-F operation. The derived design equations show that the typical fundamental load design space of a continuous class-F PA must be reengineered in the presence of second-harmonic input nonlinearity to new design space in order to achieve optimum class-F PA performance versus varying second-harmonic load impedance. For the practical validation, the impacts of input nonlinearity on the performance of continuous-mode class-F PAs are first confirmed with pulsed vector load–pull (VLP) measurements on a low-power GaN 2-mm device. Second, a broadband high-power GaN 24-mm part is designed following the proposed theory with in-package input second-harmonic terminations targeting 1.75–2.3-GHz frequency band for the sub-6 GHz 5G high-power applications. Efficiency higher than 65% with peak power more than 53.2 dBm was maintained over the target frequency band, with excellent flatness. Third, a Doherty PA is implemented based on the designed GaN 24-mm part to evaluate the broadband performance with modulated stimuli. Using a multicarrier signal having an instantaneous bandwidth of 395 MHz, the average drain efficiency of the Doherty PA at 8-dB output back-off is higher than 44%, and the linearized adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) is better than −52 dBc.

Keywords: class power; power amplifiers; power; class; sub ghz; continuous class

Journal Title: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Year Published: 2020

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