Design of wideband continuous class-f power amplifier using low pass matching technique and harmonic tuning network

Sadeque, Md. Golam, Yusoff, Zubaida, Hashim, Shaiful Jahari, Marzuki, Azah Syafiah Mohd, Lees, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6217-7552 and FitzPatrick, Dominic 2022. Design of wideband continuous class-f power amplifier using low pass matching technique and harmonic tuning network. IEEE Access 10 , pp. 92571-92582. 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3202886

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Abstract

Many countries have allocated new frequency bands for fifth generation (5G) communication systems. In this paper, a wideband continuous class-F (CCF) radio frequency power amplifier (RFPA) is presented for the new 5G frequency band, from 3.3 GHz to 4.3 GHz using a 10 W Cree CGH40100F device. A unique wideband RFPA design approach for the output matching network (OMN) is also presented by applying a harmonic tuning network (HTN) for the harmonics and a low pass matching technique (LPMT) for the fundamental frequency. The RFPA is fabricated, and promising measurement results show a drain efficiency of 55.9% to 65.3% is achieved at an output power of 40 dBm (± 0.3 dBm) over a frequency range of 3.3 GHz to 4.3 GHz. A two-tone signal with a 10 MHz spacing was also applied to investigate the linearity of the RFPA.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Publisher:	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISSN:	2169-3536
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	7 November 2022
Date of Acceptance:	15 August 2022
Last Modified:	08 May 2023 23:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/153875

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