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Class-J23 Power Amplifiers
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DOI：10.1109/TCSI.2019.2913689.png)
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Recently, class-J(2) operation mode has been proposed in the literature for high-efficiency power amplifier (PA) design. It has been shown that the output power (P-out) of a class-J(2) PA can be 1.5 dB higher than P-out of a class-J counterpart, whereas the theoretical drain efficiency of the class-J(2) mode can be as high as 83%. This paper is devoted to introduce and characterize the class-J(23) mode of operation, which is the generalized form of the class-J(2) mode and provides a new design space to realize highly efficient PAs. In this new PA mode, the third-harmonic voltage is also included in the drain voltage of the transistor to increase the drain efficiency up to 95.4% in theory. Design space is explored for the class-J(23) mode, and formulations are derived for the output power, drain efficiency, load impedance at the fundamental frequency, and the second- and third-harmonic load impedances. It is shown that the output power and drain efficiency of the class-J(23) mode remain constant for coupled variations of the fundamental and third-harmonic impedances, while the second-harmonic impedance is open-circuited. To validate the theoretical predictions, a proof-of-concept fully integrated PA is fabricated in a 0.25-mu m GaAs pHEMT technology. The prototype PA features an average output power of 30.7 dBm and drain efficiency of 68% in a 2.5-3.6-GHz bandwidth.
Keywords:
Class-J
class-J(2)
continuous-mode power amplifiers
harmonic-injection power amplifiers
high-efficiency power amplifiers
reduced conduction angle (RCA)
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