Nemati et al., 2006 - Google Patents

High efficiency LDMOS current mode class-D power amplifier at 1 GHz

Nemati et al., 2006

Document ID
2329178768350539614
Author
Nemati H
Fager C
Zirath H
Publication year
Publication venue
2006 European Microwave Conference

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A high power, high efficiency current mode class-D (CMCD) power amplifier (PA) is designed, implemented, and characterized based on LDMOS transistors. A drain efficiency of 71% was achieved with an output power of 20.3 W and a gain of 15.1 dB at 1 GHz. To our …
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