Broadband High-Efficiency Continuous Inverse Class-F Power Amplifier Based on Input Harmonic Phase Control

HUANG Chaoyi; NIE Zening; XIONG Min

doi:10.11999/JEIT231202

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HUANG Chaoyi, NIE Zening, XIONG Min. Broadband High-Efficiency Continuous Inverse Class-F Power Amplifier Based on Input Harmonic Phase Control[J]. Journal of Electronics & Information Technology. doi: 10.11999/JEIT231202

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HUANG Chaoyi, NIE Zening, XIONG Min. Broadband High-Efficiency Continuous Inverse Class-F Power Amplifier Based on Input Harmonic Phase Control[J]. Journal of Electronics & Information Technology. doi: 10.11999/JEIT231202

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Broadband High-Efficiency Continuous Inverse Class-F Power Amplifier Based on Input Harmonic Phase Control

doi: 10.11999/JEIT231202

HUANG Chaoyi^{1, 2
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NIE Zening³,
XIONG Min¹

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School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China
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Postdoctoral Research Workstation of Chongqing Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Sensing and Transmission Technology, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China
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School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China

Funds: Chongqing Natural Science Foundation (cstc2020jcyj-msxmX0129), The Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (KJQN201900621)

Received Date: 2023-11-01
Rev Recd Date: 2024-04-17

Available Online: 2024-05-13

Abstract

Abstract

The integration of satellite communication and ground mobile communication in a complementary manner has emerged as a prevailing trend, which means the wireless radio frequency front-end with Power Amplifier (PA) as the core need to tackle the dual challenges of high efficiency and large bandwidth. In this paper, the proposed input harmonic phase control method effectively overcomes the bottleneck of mutual restriction between bandwidth and efficiency. By employing a continuous inverse Class-F operating mode, it enables the reconstruction of transistor drain waveform through precise control of the input second harmonic phase. This approach ensures high efficiency, while significantly enhancing the impedance design space. Based on the expanded design space, a continuous inverse Class-F PA is designed and fabricated over the frequency band of 1.7-3.0 GHz. Experimental results demonstrate an output power of 40.6-42.8 dBm, accompanied by a drain efficiency ranging from 72.2% to 78.6%. Additionally, the gain of the designed PA ranges from 10.6 dB to 14.8 dB.
- Radio frequency power amplifiers,
- Continuous inverse Class-F,
- Input harmonic engineering

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