High efficiency envelope tracking power amplifier with very low quiescent power for 20 MHz LTE

Muhammad Hassan*, Myoungbo Kwak, Vincent W. Leung, Chin Hsia, Jonmei J. Yan, Donald F. Kimball, Lawrence E. Larson, Peter M. Asbeck

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Abstract

A high efficiency wideband envelope tracking power amplifier with low quiescent power is presented. The CMOS envelope amplifier has a combined linear amplifier and switching amplifier to achieve high efficiency and wider bandwidth. Quiescent power of the envelope amplifier is reduced using a source cross-coupled linear amplifier with inherently low DC power dissipation. Measurements show a power added efficiency of 45% for the envelope tracking power amplifier for 20 MHz LTE signal with 6.0 dB PAPR at 2.5 GHz at 1W output power.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2011 - Digest of Papers
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2011 - Baltimore, MD, United States
Duration: 05 06 201107 06 2011

Publication series

NameDigest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
ISSN (Print)1529-2517

Conference

Conference2011 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBaltimore, MD
Period05/06/1107/06/11

Keywords

  • Envelope tracking (ET)
  • long term evolution (LTE)
  • power amplifier (PA)
  • supply modulator

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