A 460MHz three-stage Doherty power amplifier with uneven power driving

This paper proposes a 450-470 MHz high efficiency three-stage Doherty power amplifier for IMT-Advanced system. The input matching and output matching are achieved by utilizing microstrip line and lumped-parameter components. Two 3 dB couplers are utilized to carry out uneven input power dividing so...

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Published in2011 International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Control (ICECC) pp. 2404 - 2407
Main Authors Xiaojun Luo, Taijun Liu, Yan Ye, Like Cen, Yangping Zhao, Chao Sun
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.2011
Subjects
Doherty
Gain
Impedance
Impedance matching
IMT-Advanced
LDMOS
Logic gates
OFDM
power amplifier
Power amplifiers
Power generation
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Summary:This paper proposes a 450-470 MHz high efficiency three-stage Doherty power amplifier for IMT-Advanced system. The input matching and output matching are achieved by utilizing microstrip line and lumped-parameter components. Two 3 dB couplers are utilized to carry out uneven input power dividing so as to omit the two quarter-wave lines which are usually located before the main amplifier and the second peaking amplifier respectively. The simulation results show that the peak output power is 54.0 dBm, and the efficiency in the output power backed off 9.5 dB region is effectively improved. The gain flatness can maintain ±0.2 dB in the 450-470 MHz. Moreover, another two input dividing ratio are discussed, obtaining the power additional efficiency and power gain respectively.
ISBN:1457703203
9781457703201
DOI:10.1109/ICECC.2011.6067919