DocumentCode
2981948
Title
A CMOS RF power amplifier with parallel amplification for efficient power control
Author
Shirvani, A. ; Su, D.K. ; Wooley, A.
Author_Institution
Center for Integrated Syst., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
fYear
2001
fDate
7-7 Feb. 2001
Firstpage
156
Lastpage
157
Abstract
A 0.25 /spl mu/m CMOS RF power amplifier uses parallel amplification to provide an output power adjustment range of 7 mW to 300 mW. The 2.37 mm/sup 2/ amplifier achieves 49% maximum power-added-efficiency (PAE) and maintains a PAE >43% over 70% of the power range.
Keywords
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; power amplifiers; power control; radiofrequency amplifiers; 0.25 micron; 43 to 49 percent; 7 to 300 mW; CMOS RF power amplifier; output power control; parallel amplification; power-added efficiency; Impedance; Power amplifiers; Power control; Power generation; Power harmonic filters; Power transmission lines; Prototypes; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2001. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2001 IEEE International
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
ISSN
0193-6530
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6608-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISSCC.2001.912584
Filename
912584
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