A review of watt-level CMOS RF power amplifiers

T Johansson, J Fritzin - IEEE transactions on microwave theory …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reviews the design of watt-level integrated CMOS RF power amplifiers (PAs) and
state-of-the-art results in the literature. To reach watt-level output power from a single-chip …

A generalized combiner synthesis technique for class-E outphasing transmitters

M Özen, M Van Der Heijden, M Acar… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a generic combiner design technique is developed for class-E outphasing
transmitters. The design procedure starts with calculation of the combiner network …

A fully integrated watt-level linear 900-MHz CMOS RF power amplifier for LTE-applications

B François, P Reynaert - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is a growing demand for the implementation of the RF power amplifier (PA) in CMOS
technologies, due to its cost and integration benefits. Most of the already reported CMOS …

A transformer-combined 31.5 dBm outphasing power amplifier in 45 nm LP CMOS with dynamic power control for back-off power efficiency enhancement

W Tai, H Xu, A Ravi, H Lakdawala… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A transformer-combined fully integrated outphasing class-D PA in 45 nm LP CMOS achieves
31.5 dBm peak output power at 2.4 GHz with 27% peak PAE, and supports over 86 dB of …

High-efficiency silicon-based envelope-tracking power amplifier design with envelope shaping for broadband wireless applications

R Wu, YT Liu, J Lopez, C Schecht, Y Li… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a highly efficient silicon-based envelope-tracking power amplifier (ET-
PA) for broadband wireless applications. A pseudo-differential power amplifier (PA) is …

RF/microwave power amplifiers: The development route and state-of-the-art

X Li, H Fu, K Ma, S Zhu, Q Cheng - Journal of Circuits, Systems and …, 2020 - World Scientific
Recent decades have seen significant progresses in the field of power amplifiers (PAs). In
order to present the evolution of the field, this paper shows the development trends of the PA …

A multilevel class-D CMOS power amplifier for an out-phasing transmitter with a nonisolated power combiner

J Hur, H Kim, O Lee, KW Kim, F Bien… - … on Circuits and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief presents a nonisolated multilevel linear amplifier with nonlinear component (LINC)
power amplifier (PA) implemented in a standard 0.18-μm complementary metal-oxide …

Modeling and digital predistortion of class-D outphasing RF power amplifiers

PN Landin, J Fritzin, W Van Moer… - IEEE Transactions …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a direct model structure for describing class-D outphasing power
amplifiers (PAs) and a method for digitally predistorting these amplifiers. The direct model …

Design and analysis of a class-D stage with harmonic suppression

J Fritzin, C Svensson… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design and analysis of a low-power Class-D stage in 90 nm CMOS
featuring a harmonic suppression technique, which cancels the 3rd harmonic by shaping the …

A hybrid polar-LINC CMOS power amplifier with transmission line transformer combiner

H Lee, S Jang, S Hong - IEEE transactions on microwave …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper demonstrates the implementation of a hybrid polar linear amplification with
nonlinear components (LINC) power amplifier (PA) that uses the combination of polar and …