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A Broadband Three-Way Series Doherty Power Amplifier with Deep Power Back-Off Efficiency Enhancement for 5G Application
by Xianfeng Que, Jun Li and Yanjie Wang
Electronics 2024, 13(10), 1882; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13101882 - 11 May 2024
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Abstract
This article presents a new broadband three-way series Doherty power amplifier (DPA) topology, which enables a broadband output power back-off (OBO) efficiency enhancement of up to 10 dB or higher. The proposed DPA topology achieves Doherty load modulation and three-way power combining through [...] Read more.
This article presents a new broadband three-way series Doherty power amplifier (DPA) topology, which enables a broadband output power back-off (OBO) efficiency enhancement of up to 10 dB or higher. The proposed DPA topology achieves Doherty load modulation and three-way power combining through a transformer, which requires only a low coupling factor, thus facilitating its implementation in double-sided PCBs or monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) processes. The design equations for the proposed DPA topology are proposed and analyzed in detail. A proof-of-concept PA at the 2.1–2.8 GHz band using commercial GaN transistors was designed and fabricated to validate the proposed concept. Within the operating frequency band, it achieves a saturated output power (Psat) of 44.5–46.5 dBm with a peak drain efficiency (DE) of 60–72%, and 43–52% DE at 10 dB OBO. Moreover, under a 20 MHz long-term evolution (LTE)-modulated signal, the PA demonstrates a 36.8–37.5 dBm average output power (Pavg) and 47–53% average drain efficiency (DEavg). Notably, the adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR) is as low as −35–−28.2 dBc without any digital predistortion (DPD). Full article
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