A 35100GHz Continuous Mode Coupler Balun Doherty Power Amplifier with Differential Complex Neutralization in 250nm InP
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2021
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This paper presents a 35-100GHz continuous mode coupler balun Doherty PA (CCDPA) in a 250nm InP process for 5G & Beyond wireless applications. The CCDPA employs a new active load modulation network using two coupler baluns in series connection, which, together with Main/Auxiliary (Aux) PA role exchange, achieves Doherty-like back-off efficiency enhancement over a 3:1 bandwidth. Distinct from the LMBA PA with 90° coupler, our CCDPA and its coupler balun active modulation network offers several key advantages including differential operation, equal Main/Aux PA weighting, and no inherent early gain compression. Each CCDPA Main/Aux path consists of a two-stage common emitter (CE) PA for optimal power gain and efficiency. Moreover, at the power device level, a novel differential complex neutralization technique is used to achieve broadband double-peak gain/reverse isolation improvement. At 60GHz, the reported CCDPA achieves 27.3% peak PAE with 21.5dBm Psat, 22.9% PAE at 19.3dBm OP 1dB , and 19.1% PAE at 15.5dBm (6dB PBO). Overall, the InP CCDPA achieves 18.9-22.6 dBm Psat, 14.7-29.3% peak PAE and 8.2-19.2% 6dB PBO PAE over 35-100GHz, showing ×1.08-×1.4/×2.16-×2.8 6dB PBO efficiency boost ratio compared to normalized ideal class-B/class-A PA.
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2021 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)
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374 - 377
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IEEE
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2021 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2021)
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5G; communication; Doherty; InP; nun-Wave; PA
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09757 - Wang, Hua / Wang, Hua