Design Approach for a Broadband Class-D Power Amplifier for Low Power Application in a 28 nm Digital CMOS Technology

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Abstract

This work presents a class D Power Amplifier (PA) analysis and design in digital CMOS technology. Two topologies of a class D PA were implemented, fabricated and tested under lab conditions. The 1 st topology uses no bandwidth limiting linearization network and demonstrates an ultra-wideband 0 - 11 GHz operation. It features a very compact design, a peak power added efficiency (PAE) of 38 % and a flat output power of P OUT = 10.5 dBm. The 2 nd topology on the other hand, features harmonic filtering on the output side, yielding 2 nd and 3 rd harmonic suppression of 26 dBc and 32 dBc respectively, an output power P OUT = 11 dBm and a peak PAE of 22.5 % within a 1 - 4 GHz bandwidth.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication15th Conference on Ph.D Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME) 2019
Pages157-160
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jul 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

TitleConference on Ph.D Research in Microelectronics and Electronics 2019
Abbreviated titlePRIME 2019
Conference number15
Duration15 - 18 July 2019
Degree of recognitionInternational event
CityLausanne
CountrySwitzerland

External IDs

Scopus 85071292998
ORCID /0000-0001-6778-7846/work/142240190

Keywords

Research priority areas of TU Dresden