A 400 MHz 19 dBm Inverse Class-E Power Amplifier for Energy-Efficient Aggressive Duty-Cycling

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Abstract

Duty-cycling is commonly used to reduce power consumption at non-peak data rates. Adaptive wireless networks may require very small duty-cycling ratios at very low data rates, or very short cycle durations for minimum latency. This paper studies the required turn-on and turn-off times as well as the idle power consumption for efficient operation even in the most extreme duty-cycling configurations. To research realistic values thereof for medium output power levels, a 19 dBm 400 MHz inverse Class-E power amplifier (PA) is designed. A two stacked Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) switch is employed to increase the possible supply voltage and a CMOS inverter based input stage is used to allow drive from a digital output. The PA has an efficiency of 44 % operating from 3.5 V. Turn-on and turn-off times are below 20 ns and idle power consumption is 166 nW allowing efficient aggressive duty-cycling operation.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME)
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Number of pages5
ISBN (electronic)9781665470957
ISBN (print)978-1-6654-7096-4
Publication statusPublished - 16 Nov 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesInternational Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME)

Conference

Title2022 International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering
Abbreviated titleICECCME 2022
Conference number4
Duration16 - 18 November 2022
Website
Degree of recognitionInternational event
LocationMaldives National University & online
CityMale
CountryMaldives

External IDs

Mendeley baf19ef3-6f30-3781-bf17-4906eb406410
Scopus 85146439056
ORCID /0000-0002-0088-8412/work/141543966

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Keywords

  • Power demand, Mechatronics, Wireless networks, Power amplifiers, Inverters, Heterojunction bipolar transistors, Leakage currents, inverse class-E, duty-cycling, leakage currents, BiCMOS integrated circuits, power amplifiers, transmitter

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