A Reactance Compensated Three-Device Doherty Power Amplifier for Bandwidth and Back-Off Range Extension
This paper proposes a new broadband Doherty power amplifier topology with extended back-off range. A shunted λ/4 short line or λ/2 open line working as compensating reactance is introduced to the conventional load modulation network, which greatly improves its bandwidth. Underlying bandwidth extensi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi-Wiley
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8418165 |
| Summary: | This paper proposes a new broadband Doherty power amplifier topology with extended back-off range. A shunted λ/4 short line or λ/2 open line working as compensating reactance is introduced to the conventional load modulation network, which greatly improves its bandwidth. Underlying bandwidth extension mechanism of the proposed configuration is comprehensively analyzed. A three-device Doherty power amplifier is implemented for demonstration based on Cree’s 10 W HEMTs. Measurements show that at least 41% drain efficiency is maintained from 2.0 GHz to 2.6 GHz at 8 dB back-off range. In the same operating band, saturation power is larger than 43.6 dBm and drain efficiency is higher than 53%. |
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| ISSN: | 1530-8669 1530-8677 |