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

C Ramella, A Piacibello, R Quaglia, V Camarchia… - Electronics, 2017 - mdpi.com
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 …

Novel outphasing power amplifiers designed with an analytic generalized Doherty–Chireix continuum theory

C Liang, P Roblin, Y Hahn, Z Popovic… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An analytic theory for dual-input outphasing power amplifiers that incorporate in one unified
treatment, the continuum of solutions for power combining including the Doherty and Chireix …

Wideband two-way hybrid Doherty outphasing power amplifier

C Liang, JI Martinez-Lopez, P Roblin… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new type of wideband dual-input hybrid Doherty outphasing power amplifier (HDO-PA) is
developed in which the load-modulation scheme continuously converts as the frequency …

New mixed-mode design methodology for high-efficiency outphasing chireix amplifiers

HC Chang, Y Hahn, P Roblin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new design methodology providing optimal mixed-mode operation for dual-input class-F
outphasing Chireix amplifiers is presented. The design starts with single-transistor class-F …

Load modulation of harmonically tuned amplifiers and application to outphasing systems

PE de Falco, P Pednekar, K Mimis… - IEEE Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modulation of load impedance is an effective way to maintain efficient power amplifier (PA)
operation over high dynamic range modulated signals. For high efficiency, a load …

RF-input self-outphasing Doherty–Chireix combined amplifier

H Jang, R Wilson, T Canning… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new design method for Doherty-Chireix combined operation is proposed. Only one of the
two amplifiers operates at the low power region like a Doherty amplifier, while both …

The various angles of outphasing PAs: Competitiveness of outphasing in efficient linear PA applications

M Litchfield, T Cappello - IEEE Microwave Magazine, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The demand for linear and highly efficient RF amplifiers has continued to rise without
showing signs of stopping, as the world looks to the implementation of 5G. Modern …

70% efficient dual-input Doherty-outphasing power amplifier for large PAPR signals

A Yamaoka, TM Hone… - 2019 IEEE MTT-S …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the analysis, design and measured performance of a harmonically-
tuned dual-input Doherty-outphasing power amplifier (DOPA) that can maintain high …

Outphasing Class-E/ F2 Power Amplifier using a Quadrature Hybrid as Non-Isolating Combiner

A Cordero, MN Ruiz, D Vegas… - 2021 IEEE Topical …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a GaN HEMT outphasing power amplifier (PA), based on a class-E/F 2
topology with reduced sensitivity to variable resistive load operation, designed to provide …

Optimal two-way hybrid Doherty-outphasing power amplifier

C Liang, T Niubó-Alemán, Y Hahn… - 2020 IEEE Topical …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a two-way hybrid Doherty-outphasing power amplifier (HD-OPA) with
an optimal efficiency. The HD-OPA consists of a main PA operating in class-F and an …