High-power high-efficiency class-E-like stacked mmWave PAs in SOI and bulk CMOS: Theory and implementation

A Chakrabarti, H Krishnaswamy - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
<? Pub Dtl=""?> Series stacking of multiple devices is a promising technique that can help
overcome some of the fundamental limitations of CMOS technology in order to improve the …

A 2-bit, 24 dBm, millimeter-wave SOI CMOS power-DAC cell for watt-level high-efficiency, fully digital m-ary QAM transmitters

A Balteanu, I Sarkas, E Dacquay… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A high-efficiency, large output-power, mm-wave digital transmitter architecture is proposed
for high data rate m-ary QAM transmission. Because it operates entirely in digital mode …

A 0.7 W fully integrated 42GHz power amplifier with 10% PAE in 0.13 µm SiGe BiCMOS

W Tai, LR Carley, DS Ricketts - 2013 IEEE International Solid …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we report a fully integrated power amplifier (PA) architecture that combines the
power of 16 on-chip PAs using a 16-way zero-degree combiner to achieve an output power …

Ultra-Broadband I/Q RF-DAC Transmitters

S Shopov, N Cahoon… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An ultra-broadband I/Q RF-DAC digital wireless transmitter architecture is proposed for 5G
terminals and base stations. Broadband 1-32-GHz and tuned 20-32-GHz 2× 6-bit versions of …

Large-scale power-combining and linearization in watt-class mmWave CMOS power amplifiers

R Bhat, A Chakrabarti… - 2013 IEEE Radio …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Switching-class PAs employing device-stacking have been recently explored to meet the
challenge of efficient power amplification at mmWave frequencies at moderate power levels …

A 42 to 47-GHz, 8-bit I/Q digital-to-RF converter with 21-dBm Psat and 16% PAE in 45-nm SOI CMOS

A Agah, W Wang, P Asbeck, L Larson… - 2013 IEEE Radio …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel stacked FET digital-to-RF converter is implemented in 45-nm SOI CMOS, which
shares DC current through an I/Q digital-to-analog converter (DAC), I/Q mixer, and stacked …

2.9 A 29dBm 18.5% peak PAE mm-Wave digital power amplifier with dynamic load modulation

K Datta, H Hashemi - 2015 IEEE International Solid-State …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High speed, mm-Wave silicon transceivers with" Watt-level" output power have become
necessary in recent years to support multi Gb/s communication protocols over realistic data …

-Band Spatially Combined Power Amplifier Arrays in 45-nm CMOS SOI

B Hanafi, O Guerbuez, H Dabag… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports 45-GHz power amplifier (PA) arrays implemented in 45-nm CMOS silicon-
on-insulator, coupled to antenna arrays to enable free-space power combining. A single …

Analysis, design and implementation of mm-Wave SiGe stacked Class-E power amplifiers

K Datta, J Roderick, H Hashemi - 2013 IEEE Radio Frequency …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Design equations and performance limits of stacked Class-E power amplifiers at mm-waves,
including the limitations imposed by device parasitics, are presented in this paper. As a …

A 27GHz, 31dBm power amplifier in a 0.25 μm SiGe: C BiCMOS technology

J Essing, D Leenaerts… - 2014 IEEE Bipolar …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes an 8-way in-phase current combining power amplifier (PA) for Ka-band
applications implemented in a 0.25 um SiGe: C BiCMOS technology. The PA achieves a …