Saiki et al., 2022 - Google Patents

High speed and high efficiency GaN envelope amplifier with source-floating half-bridge switch

Saiki et al., 2022

Document ID
3144708188611722819
Author
Saiki K
Sakata S
Komatsuzaki Y
Tsuru M
Publication year
Publication venue
2022 IEEE Topical Conference on RF/Microwave Power Amplifiers for Radio and Wireless Applications (PAWR)

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This paper presents a high speed and high efficiency GaN Envelope Amplifier (EA) for Envelope Tracking Power Amplifier (ETPA) application. The proposed EA consists of series inductor, low pass filter, single half-bridge switch using depletion-mode 0.15 um GaN HEMT …
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    • H03F3/21—Power amplifiers, e.g. Class B amplifiers, Class C amplifiers with semiconductor devices only
    • H03F3/217—Class D power amplifiers; Switching amplifiers
    • H03F3/2176—Class E amplifiers
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    • H03F3/189—High frequency amplifiers, e.g. radio frequency amplifiers
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    • H03F3/20—Power amplifiers, e.g. Class B amplifiers, Class C amplifiers
    • H03F3/24—Power amplifiers, e.g. Class B amplifiers, Class C amplifiers of transmitter output stages
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    • H03—BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
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    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making or -braking
    • H03K17/51—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making or -braking characterised by the components used
    • H03K17/56—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making or -braking characterised by the components used using semiconductor devices
    • H03K17/687—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making or -braking characterised by the components used using semiconductor devices using field-effect transistors
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
    • H02M3/00—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output
    • H02M3/02—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac
    • H02M3/04—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03B—GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLOYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS WHICH OPERATE IN A NON-SWITCHING MANNER; GENERATION OF NOISE BY SUCH CIRCUITS
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