Title :
Power combining techniques for RF and mm-wave CMOS power amplifiers
Author :
Reynaert, P. ; Niknejad, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley
Abstract :
An overview of several CMOS RF Power Amplifiers (PA) using power combining techniques is given. It is clarified how this technique can alleviate some of the problems related to the aggressive CMOS scaling. The theory is supported by several design examples that cover a frequency range from the lower GHz as high as 60 GHz.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; millimetre wave power amplifiers; RF power amplifiers; mm-wave CMOS power amplifiers; power combining techniques; CMOS technology; Equations; Impedance; Power amplifiers; Power control; Power generation; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Topology; Transformers;
Conference_Titel :
Solid State Circuits Conference, 2007. ESSCIRC 2007. 33rd European
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1125-2
DOI :
10.1109/ESSCIRC.2007.4430296
