A review of advanced CMOS RF power amplifier architecture trends for low power 5G wireless networks

A Vasjanov, V Barzdenas - Electronics, 2018 - mdpi.com
The structure of the modern wireless network evolves rapidly and maturing 4G networks
pave the way to next generation 5G communication. A tendency of shifting from traditional …

Design architectures of the CMOS power amplifier for 2.4 GHz ISM band applications: an overview

MAS Bhuiyan, MTI Badal, MBI Reaz, ML Crespo… - Electronics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Power amplifiers (PAs) are among the most crucial functional blocks in the radio frequency
(RF) frontend for reliable wireless communication. PAs amplify and boost the input signal to …

A super-resolution mixed-signal Doherty power amplifier for simultaneous linearity and efficiency enhancement

F Wang, TW Li, S Hu, H Wang - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a mixed-signal Doherty power amplifier (MSDPA) architecture for
simultaneous linearity and efficiency enhancement. The MSDPA comprises one analog …

A 24–30-GHz TRX front-end with high linearity and load-variation insensitivity for mm-wave 5G in 0.13-μm SiGe BiCMOS

Z Li, J Chen, D Hou, H Li, L Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A time-division duplex (TDD) transmit/receive (T/R) millimeter-wave (mm-wave) front-end in
0.13-SiGe BiCMOS for fifth generation (5G) is presented. The front-end is composed of a …

Transformer-based predistortion linearizer for high linearity and high modulation efficiency in mm-wave 5G CMOS power amplifiers

SN Ali, P Agarwal, S Gopal… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new predistortion linearization technique for high linearity and high
modulation efficiency in millimeter-wave (mm-wave) CMOS power amplifiers (PA) for fifth …

A coupled line-based coupler with simultaneously tunable phase and frequency

BW Xu, SY Zheng, WM Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The tunability in phase characteristics becomes more and more important in the modern
wireless communication system. However, the existing phase tunable coupler structures …

Novel design space of broadband high-efficiency parallel-circuit class-EF power amplifiers

C Liu, H Zhang, W Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a broadband high-efficiency parallel-circuit (PC) class-EF power
amplifier (PA) along with a quarter-wavelength stub for the first time. By adding a reactive …

Frequency-dependent design spaces for continuous mode class-J*/B/J PA

I Lavandera-Hernández, JR Loo-Yau… - … on Circuits and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents a theoretical analysis of the frequency dependence of the load
impedance seen from the transistor's intrinsic current source and the package plane for …

A broadband high-efficiency continuous class-AB power amplifier for millimeter-wave 5G and SATCOM phased-array transmitters

SR Boroujeni, A Basaligheh, S Ituah… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A broadband and compact harmonic-tuned power amplifier (PA) is presented for 5G and
mobile satellite communication (SATCOM). A noninverting 1: 1 transformer is the core of the …

A continually-stepped variable-gain LNA in 65-nm CMOS enabled by a tunable-transformer for mm-wave 5G communications

SN Ali, MA Hoque, S Gopal… - 2019 IEEE MTT-S …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new continually-stepped variable gain low-noise-amplifier (CSVG-
LNA) for millimeter-wave (mm-wave) 5G communications. The proposed variable-gain …