A fully integrated high efficiency SiGe HBT class F power amplifier at 2.2 GHz

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作者
O'Sullivan, JA [1 ]
Delabie, C [1 ]
McCarthy, KG [1 ]
Murphy, A [1 ]
Murphy, PJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Univ Ireland Univ Coll Cork, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Cork, Ireland
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10.1109/HFPSC.2003.1242304
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This paper presents a fully integrated high efficiency SiGe HBT Class F power amplifier (PA). A maximum on-chip Power Added Efficiency (PAE) of 25 % has been measured, which at 2.2 GHz and a supply voltage of 1.3 V, is to the forefront of fully integrated HBT Class F power amplifier design. The PA is suitable for applications that include DECT and GSM which employ the constant envelope modulation scheme, GMSK The power amplifier was fabricated using an advanced 0.18 um BiCMOS process [1].
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