High efficiency class B GaN power amplifier with dynamic gate biasing for improved linearity

作者:Medrel P*; Ramadan A; Nebus J M; Bouysse P; Lapierre L; Villemazet J F
来源:Electronics Letters, 2012, 48(18): 1136-U166.
DOI:10.1049/el.2012.2234

摘要

This reported work demonstrates a significant improvement in linearity of an S-band 10 WGaN class B power amplifier biased at the pinch off point by using an appropriate gate bias technique. A simple processing of the envelope of the input RF signal is applied to achieve a time varying gate bias voltage which is pulled-up a little above the pinch off voltage when the instantaneous power of the input RF signal is low. This technique enables enhancement of the linearity of the power amplifier with a very minor impact on power added efficiency performances. Almost 6 dB improvement of ACPR for a 2MSymb/s 16QAM signal at 2.5 GHz has been demonstrated.

  • 出版日期2012-8-30