Efficiency enhancement of a broadband sequential power amplifier using envelope tracking

Chen, Peng, Quaglia, Roberto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3228-301X, Lees, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6217-7552, Merrick, Brian M., Alt, Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7621-4940 and Tasker, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6760-7830 2020. Efficiency enhancement of a broadband sequential power amplifier using envelope tracking. Presented at: 2020 International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits (INMMiC), Cardiff, Wales, 16-17 July 2020. 2020 International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits (INMMiC). IEEE, pp. 1-3. 10.1109/INMMiC46721.2020.9160332

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates the first realisation of a sequential power amplifier (SPA) with envelope tracking (ET). Composed of a 10 W main PA and a 23 W peaking PA, the 1.6-2.4 GHz SPA achieves more than 49% drain efficiency at 6 dB back-off across the band through modulating the main PA supply voltage. At 2 GHz, the ET SPA offers more than 45% efficiency at 10 dB back off. Moreover, the linearity of the ET SPA is measured with and without digital predistortion over the band. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this work is the first investigation where ET has been applied to the SPA.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Publisher:	IEEE
ISBN:	9781728126456
Last Modified:	05 Jan 2024 08:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/132469

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