Title :
A 5.8 GHz Fully-Integrated Power Amplifier for 802.11a WLAN System
Author :
Lin, G.C. ; Lin, Z.M.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Changhua Univ. of Educ., Changhua
Abstract :
In this paper, a 5.8 GHz fully-integrated power amplifier is designed and implemented in a 0.18-mum radio frequency CMOS process. The power amplifier is formed by a cascaded class-D pre-amplifier and a class-E amplifier to drive the output power stage. The designed PA delivered an output power of 13.86 dBm with a power-added efficiency (PAE) of 20% and a power gain of 26.66 dB.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; power amplifiers; wireless LAN; 802.11a WLAN system; class-D preamplifier; class-E amplifier; frequency 5.8 GHz; fully-integrated power amplifier; radio frequency CMOS process; CMOS process; Capacitors; Gain; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Switches; Voltage; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, 2007. EDSSC 2007. IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tainan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0637-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0637-1
DOI :
10.1109/EDSSC.2007.4450299
