An 11 GHz–Bandwidth Variable Gain Ka–Band Power Amplifier for 5G Applications
2019 (English)In: IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2019, p. 1950-1952Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The performance of broadband microwave 40 W and 55 W LDMOS integrated power amplifiers is reported. A 30 V LDMOS process with 500 nm gate length was used for the design. Single and dual die packages were evaluated. A dual die package provides flexibility in output power and efficiency depending on combiner topology at the input and output of the circuit. Different saturated power and efficiency are obtained for different classes, Class A, AB and B operation and for different combiners, Wilkinson, quadrature or balun. Moreover, dual die in Doherty configuration provides a compact solution for better back-off efficiency in a symmetrical / asymmetrical topology. The 40 W design demonstrates 24 %, 1 dB fractional bandwidth around 2.1 GHz, and power added efficiency of 48 % at P-1 dB of 50 W. It showed excellent back-off linearity and best in class memory effect over frequency and temperature. The 55 W design has 28 %, 1 dB fractional bandwidth around 2.2 GHz, and power added efficiency of 49 % at P-1 dB equal to 63 W.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2019. p. 1950-1952
Keywords [en]
3G and 4G radio base station, CDMA, Dual die, Integrated power amplifier, IS95, LDMOS, LTE, TD-CDMA, W-CDMA
National Category
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-338824DOI: 10.1109/esscirc.2019.8902927Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85075913593OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-338824DiVA, id: diva2:1807632
Conference
2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2017, Honololu, HI, United States of America, 4 - 9 June 2017
Note
Not duplicate with DiVA 1444237
QC 20231030
2023-10-272023-10-272024-02-22Bibliographically approved