چكيده به لاتين
Abstract:
Nowadays, modern wireless communication standards use complicate modulation schemes that generate signals with high peak to average power ratio (PAPR). For transmitting such signals with little distortion and acceptable adjacent channel power leakage, RF power amplifiers (PAs) have to back off from saturation, causing significant decrease in their efficiency. One of the techniques to improve the efficiency in the back off is envelope tracking method (ET). The ET PA dynamically adjusts power supply according to input signal envelope, using a supply modulator and decreases PA dissipated power and hence, increases the efficiency. At this work a 55W continuous F-1 PA with 400MHz bandwidth is designed and simulated using CGH40045 GaN HEMT transistors' large signal model. Combination of the load-pull and source-pull methods and an analytical method for controlling the second and third harmonic impedances has been used in the PA design. Next, through modeling of a supply modulator behavior, the PA performance in ET system and effect of nonidealities in envelope path, has been evaluated. With 28V supply voltage, the PA's average maximum power added efficiency (PAE), gain and output power at frequency band of 2.2GHz to 2.6GHz is 67%, 16dB and 55W, respectively. The designed PA covers 6 LTE bands. Simulation of the designed PA with 20MHz LTE input signal with PAPR of 8.5dB results in 33% PAE. After applying ET to the designed PA, the results show 15% improvement of PAE. This result shows the designed PA is suitable for applying an ET technique.
Keywords: RF Power Amplifier, Continuous F-1 PA, LTE, Envelope Tracking, GaN HEMT, PA.