Grebennikov-High-Efficiency-PA-Design-Lecture-4.ppt

1 Optimum voltage conditions across switch: - second-order differential equation boundary conditions: sinusoidal load current 50% duty cycle 4.6. Class E with quarterwave transmission line 4.6. Class E with quarterwave transmission line Optimum circuit parameters : - series inductance - shunt capacitance - load resistance Load current Collector voltage Collector current Current through capacitance Current through transmission line Optimum impedances at fundamental and harmonics for different Class E load networks 4.6. Class E with quarterwave transmission line Input load network admittance 4.7. Broadband Class E circuit design Reactance compensation load network Reactance compensation principle 1 - impedance provided by series L0C0 resonant circuit 2 - impedance provided by parallel LC resonant circuit summation of reactances with opposite slopes results in constant load phase over broad frequency range To maximize bandwidth: Optimum circuit parameters using equations for inductance L and capacitance C in Class E mode 4.7. Broadband Class E circuit design Double reactance compensation load network To maximize bandwidth: Optimum circuit parameters using equations for inductance L and capacitance C in Class E mode Load network phase angle 1 - single reactance compensation load network 2 - double reactance compensation load network 4.7. Broadband Class E circuit design Broadband Class E power amplifier with double reactance compensation f0 = 120…180 MHz Drain voltage and current waveforms LDMOSFET:gate length 1.25 umgate width 7x1.44 mm 1 - drain efficiency 71% 2 - power gain 9.5 dB Input power - 1 W Input VSWR 1.4 Gain flatness ? ? 0.3 Pin = 1 W Typical bipolar RF Class F power amplifier zero-volt Class C biasing using RF choke 4.8. Practical high efficiency RF and microwave power amplifiers T-type input and output matching circuits with parallel capacitance quarterwave transmission line in collector to suppress even harmonics high