Generic load-pull-based design methodology for performance optimisation of Doherty amplifiers

被引:4
作者
Darraji, R. [1 ]
Ghannouchi, F. M. [1 ]
Hammi, O. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calgary, Schulich Sch Engn, ECE Dept, iRadio Lab, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
[2] King Fahd Univ Petr & Minerals, Dept Elect Engn, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
关键词
POWER-AMPLIFIER; ENVELOPE ELIMINATION; EFFICIENCY; PREDISTORTION; LINEARIZATION; RESTORATION; BASEBAND;
D O I
10.1049/iet-smt.2011.0023
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this study, a systematic design methodology is proposed to optimise the operation of Doherty power amplifiers (PAs). The proposed approach makes use of two sets of load-pull data to enhance the performance of Doherty PAs at low- and high-power-drive levels. The first load-pull, which is performed on the device operating at saturation, permits one to maximise the performance at a high-power region. The second load-pull, which is performed at the power level associated with the turn-on of the peaking amplifier, aims to boost the performance at back-off. To assess its effectiveness, the proposed methodology is applied to design three Doherty PAs sought for power efficiency, linearity and gain, respectively. Around the Doherty turn-on point, these circuits achieved up to 9% efficiency improvement, up to 10 dB inter-modulation reduction and up to 2 dB gain improvement, respectively. For experimental validation, a gallium-nitride (GaN)-based Doherty PA prototype sought for efficiency was implemented. The fabricated Doherty PA demonstrated a power-added efficiency (PAE) higher than 40% over an output power back-off (OPBO) range of 8 dB, with two peak PAE points of 52 and 62% located at 6.8 dB OPBO and at saturation, respectively.
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页码:132 / 138
页数:7
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