High efficiency power amplifiers for modern mobile communications: The load-modulation approach

C Ramella, A Piacibello, R Quaglia, V Camarchia… - Electronics, 2017 - mdpi.com
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Modern mobile communication signals require power amplifiers able to maintain very high
efficiency in a wide range of output power levels, which is a major issue for classical power
amplifier architectures. Following the load-modulation approach, efficiency enhancement is
achieved by dynamically changing the amplifier load impedance as a function of the input
power. In this paper, a review of the widely-adopted Doherty power amplifier and of the other
load-modulation efficiency enhancement techniques is presented. The main theoretical …
Modern mobile communication signals require power amplifiers able to maintain very high efficiency in a wide range of output power levels, which is a major issue for classical power amplifier architectures. Following the load-modulation approach, efficiency enhancement is achieved by dynamically changing the amplifier load impedance as a function of the input power. In this paper, a review of the widely-adopted Doherty power amplifier and of the other load-modulation efficiency enhancement techniques is presented. The main theoretical aspects behind each method are introduced, and the most relevant practical implementations available in recent literature are reported and discussed.
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