Green communications: Digital predistortion for wideband RF power amplifiers

L Guan, A Zhu - IEEE Microwave Magazine, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The RF PA, as one of the most essential components in any wireless system, suffers from
inherent nonlinearities. The output of a PA must comply with the linearity requirement …

A review of envelope tracking power supply for mobile communication systems

X Ruan, Y Wang, Q Jin - CPSS Transactions on Power …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In modern mobile communication systems, spectral efficient modulation formats have been
widely used, which results in the envelope of the radio frequency (RF) signal is variable and …

Amping up the PA for 5G: Efficient GaN power amplifiers with dynamic supplies

Z Popovic - IEEE Microwave Magazine, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Signals designed for high-capacity communications result in high peak-to-average ratio
(PAR) waveforms that the transmitter power amplifier (PA) must amplify with low distortion …

Push the envelope: Design concepts for envelope-tracking power amplifiers

B Kim, J Kim, D Kim, J Son, Y Cho… - IEEE Microwave …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As mobile communication systems evolve to handle higher data rates, their modulation
schemes only become more complicated, generating signals with large bandwidth and high …

A package-integrated Chireix outphasing RF switch-mode high-power amplifier

DA Calvillo-Cortes, MP van der Heijden… - IEEE Transactions …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
<? Pub Dtl=""?> This paper describes the design and implementation of a package-
integrated Chireix outphasing RF switch-mode power amplifier (PA). The optimum loading …

Envelope tracking of an RF high power amplifier with an 8-level digitally controlled GaN-on-Si supply modulator

C Florian, T Cappello, RP Paganelli… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an envelope tracking (ET) transmitter architecture based on the
combination of a novel 3-bit (N= 3) supply modulator and digital predistortion (DPD). The …

Switching-converter-only multiphase envelope modulator with slew rate enhancer for LTE power amplifier applications

J Sankman, MK Song, D Ma - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With ever-growing energy crisis in wireless communication, effective envelope tracking
solutions are in high demand for efficient operation of power amplifiers. Conventionally, a …

Hysteresis current control for multilevel converter in parallel-form switch-linear hybrid envelope tracking power supply

Y Wang, X Ruan, Y Leng, Y Li - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Parallel-form switch-linear hybrid (SLH) envelope tracking (ET) power supply is constituted
by a linear amplifier and a switched-mode converter connected in parallel. The switched …

High efficiency power amplifiers for mobile base stations: Recent trends and future prospects for 5G

K Kunihiro, S Hori, T Kaneko - IEICE Transactions on …, 2018 - search.ieice.org
Power amplifiers (PAs) are key components of mobile base stations. In the last decade, the
power efficiency of PAs for 3G/4G mobile base stations has risen to over 50% as a result of …

Efficient X-band transmitter with integrated GaN power amplifier and supply modulator

T Cappello, C Florian, D Niessen… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a high-efficiency transmitter based on an integrated circuit (IC)
supply modulator implemented in the same 0.15-μm gallium nitride (GaN)-on-SiC RF …