High-Efficiency Power Amplifier Design Including Input Harmonic Termination

S. Gao; P. Butterworth; S. Ooi; A. Sambell

doi:10.1109/LMWC.2005.863171

High-Efficiency Power Amplifier Design Including Input Harmonic Termination

S. Gao, P. Butterworth, S. Ooi, A. Sambell

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This letter presents the design of a high-efficiency Class-F power amplifier in pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor technology using a novel load-pull/source-pull simulation-based approach. The second harmonic input termination is shown to have a critical influence on performance, which is justified by the shape of the simulated waveforms. Experimental validation is carried out on a 2-GHz practical circuit using a medium-power packaged device. Two cases are compared both theoretically and experimentally: for the best and worst case second harmonic input terminations, 76% and 42% saturated power-added efficiency are measured, respectively. In addition, the worst case termination degrades the saturated C/I3 by 7.5 dB.

Original language	English
Article number	1588944
Pages (from-to)	81-83
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
Volume	16
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWC.2005.863171
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2006
Externally published	Yes

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