A Fully Integrated High Efficiency 2.4 GHz CMOS Power Amplifier with Mode Switching Scheme for WLAN Applications
A 3.3 V mode-switching RF CMOS power amplifier (PA) for WLAN applications is presented, which is integrated into a 55-nm bulk CMOS process. The proposed PA offers both static control and dynamic power control, allowing it to operate efficiently in both low-power and high-power modes. The pure low-po...
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| description | A 3.3 V mode-switching RF CMOS power amplifier (PA) for WLAN applications is presented, which is integrated into a 55-nm bulk CMOS process. The proposed PA offers both static control and dynamic power control, allowing it to operate efficiently in both low-power and high-power modes. The pure low-power mode is achieved by reducing power cells, which are also used for linearization in high power mode. The low-power mode is achieved by reducing the number of power cells which are also used for linearization in the high-power mode. In the dynamic power control mode, the total AM–AM and AM–PM distortion is effectively compensated for by dynamically controlling the number of power cells and adjusting the matching input. The proposed PA achieves an output P1dB of 27.6 dBm with a PAE of 32.7% and an output P1dB of 17.7 dBm with a PAE of 10% in high-power and low-power modes, respectively. It is measured with an 802.11 n 64-quadrature-amplitude-modulation (MCS7) signal and shows a maximum average power of 19 dBm under an error-vector-magnitude (EVM) of −27 dB. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-04c8e980ed1a44d78f79e90c2b4cc5422023-11-18T16:06:00ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-06-011313741010.3390/app13137410A Fully Integrated High Efficiency 2.4 GHz CMOS Power Amplifier with Mode Switching Scheme for WLAN ApplicationsHaoyu Shen0Taishan Mo1Bin Wu2The Intelligent Manufacturing Electronics R&D Center, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, ChinaZhejiang CASEMIC Electronics Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310051, ChinaZhejiang CASEMIC Electronics Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310051, ChinaA 3.3 V mode-switching RF CMOS power amplifier (PA) for WLAN applications is presented, which is integrated into a 55-nm bulk CMOS process. The proposed PA offers both static control and dynamic power control, allowing it to operate efficiently in both low-power and high-power modes. The pure low-power mode is achieved by reducing power cells, which are also used for linearization in high power mode. The low-power mode is achieved by reducing the number of power cells which are also used for linearization in the high-power mode. In the dynamic power control mode, the total AM–AM and AM–PM distortion is effectively compensated for by dynamically controlling the number of power cells and adjusting the matching input. The proposed PA achieves an output P1dB of 27.6 dBm with a PAE of 32.7% and an output P1dB of 17.7 dBm with a PAE of 10% in high-power and low-power modes, respectively. It is measured with an 802.11 n 64-quadrature-amplitude-modulation (MCS7) signal and shows a maximum average power of 19 dBm under an error-vector-magnitude (EVM) of −27 dB.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/13/7410CMOS power amplifier (PA)dual modepower controlwireless local network (WLAN) |
| spellingShingle | Haoyu Shen Taishan Mo Bin Wu A Fully Integrated High Efficiency 2.4 GHz CMOS Power Amplifier with Mode Switching Scheme for WLAN Applications Applied Sciences CMOS power amplifier (PA) dual mode power control wireless local network (WLAN) |
| title | A Fully Integrated High Efficiency 2.4 GHz CMOS Power Amplifier with Mode Switching Scheme for WLAN Applications |
| title_full | A Fully Integrated High Efficiency 2.4 GHz CMOS Power Amplifier with Mode Switching Scheme for WLAN Applications |
| title_fullStr | A Fully Integrated High Efficiency 2.4 GHz CMOS Power Amplifier with Mode Switching Scheme for WLAN Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Fully Integrated High Efficiency 2.4 GHz CMOS Power Amplifier with Mode Switching Scheme for WLAN Applications |
| title_short | A Fully Integrated High Efficiency 2.4 GHz CMOS Power Amplifier with Mode Switching Scheme for WLAN Applications |
| title_sort | fully integrated high efficiency 2 4 ghz cmos power amplifier with mode switching scheme for wlan applications |
| topic | CMOS power amplifier (PA) dual mode power control wireless local network (WLAN) |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/13/7410 |
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