Design of highly efficient and linear class E SiGe power amplifier for highly-integrated multifunctional wireless transmitters

Donald Y.C. Lie, J. Lopez, J. D. Popp, F. Wang, A. H. Yang, D. Kimball, G. Wang, H. Li, Z. Ma

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Abstract

This paper discusses the design of highly efficient and monolithic linear RF Class E SiGe power amplifiers (PAs) at both 900MHz and 2.4GHz for various wireless applications. Without needing off-chip on-board matching, we achieved very high power-added-efficiency (PAE) for the single-stage Class E SiGe PAs at ∼70% (900MHz) and ∼60% (2.4GHz), respectively, which performance rivals that of commercially-available III-V PA modules. These switch-mode PAs can be successfully linearized using polar modulation and a hybrid Envelope Tracking (ET) technique, resulting in impressive high PAE suitable for implementing future highly-integrated multifunctional wireless transceivers systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationASICON 2007 - 2007 7th International Conference on ASIC Proceeding
Pages1371-1376
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event2007 7th International Conference on ASIC, ASICON 2007 - Guilin, China
Duration: Oct 26 2007Oct 29 2007

Publication series

NameASICON 2007 - 2007 7th International Conference on ASIC Proceeding

Conference

Conference2007 7th International Conference on ASIC, ASICON 2007
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuilin
Period10/26/0710/29/07

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