A Power Amplifier with Large High-Efficiency Range for 5G Communication
This paper presents a new method to design a Doherty power amplifier (DPA) with a large, high-efficiency range for 5G communication. This is through analyzing the drain-to-source capacitance (<i>C</i><sub>DS</sub>) of DPAs, and adopting appropriate impedance of the peak devic...
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| description | This paper presents a new method to design a Doherty power amplifier (DPA) with a large, high-efficiency range for 5G communication. This is through analyzing the drain-to-source capacitance (<i>C</i><sub>DS</sub>) of DPAs, and adopting appropriate impedance of the peak device. A closed design process is proposed, to design the extended efficiency range DPA based on derived theories. For validation, a DPA with large efficiency range was designed and fabricated by using two equal devices. The measured results showed that the saturated output power was between 43.4 dBm and 43.7 dBm in the target band. Around 70% saturated drain efficiency is obtained with a gain of greater than 11 dB. Moreover, the obtained drain efficiency is larger than 50% at the 10 dB power back-off, when operating at 3.5 GHz. These superior performances illustrate that the implemented DPA can be applied well in 5G communication. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7798a0512e8345ba93183788bb7d21da2023-12-03T12:03:52ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202020-09-012019558110.3390/s20195581A Power Amplifier with Large High-Efficiency Range for 5G CommunicationZhiwei Zhang0Zhiqun Cheng1Guohua Liu2School of Electronics and Information, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, ChinaSchool of Electronics and Information, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, ChinaSchool of Electronics and Information, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, ChinaThis paper presents a new method to design a Doherty power amplifier (DPA) with a large, high-efficiency range for 5G communication. This is through analyzing the drain-to-source capacitance (<i>C</i><sub>DS</sub>) of DPAs, and adopting appropriate impedance of the peak device. A closed design process is proposed, to design the extended efficiency range DPA based on derived theories. For validation, a DPA with large efficiency range was designed and fabricated by using two equal devices. The measured results showed that the saturated output power was between 43.4 dBm and 43.7 dBm in the target band. Around 70% saturated drain efficiency is obtained with a gain of greater than 11 dB. Moreover, the obtained drain efficiency is larger than 50% at the 10 dB power back-off, when operating at 3.5 GHz. These superior performances illustrate that the implemented DPA can be applied well in 5G communication.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/19/5581Doherty power amplifierdrain-to-source capacitancelarge efficiency range5G communication |
| spellingShingle | Zhiwei Zhang Zhiqun Cheng Guohua Liu A Power Amplifier with Large High-Efficiency Range for 5G Communication Sensors Doherty power amplifier drain-to-source capacitance large efficiency range 5G communication |
| title | A Power Amplifier with Large High-Efficiency Range for 5G Communication |
| title_full | A Power Amplifier with Large High-Efficiency Range for 5G Communication |
| title_fullStr | A Power Amplifier with Large High-Efficiency Range for 5G Communication |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Power Amplifier with Large High-Efficiency Range for 5G Communication |
| title_short | A Power Amplifier with Large High-Efficiency Range for 5G Communication |
| title_sort | power amplifier with large high efficiency range for 5g communication |
| topic | Doherty power amplifier drain-to-source capacitance large efficiency range 5G communication |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/19/5581 |
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