• DocumentCode
    3246396
  • Title

    Class-E power amplifier design at 2.5 GHz using a packaged transistor

  • Author

    Collins, Gayle Fran ; Wood, Jo

  • Author_Institution
    MaXentric Technol., La Jolla, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    20-23 Jan. 2013
  • Firstpage
    82
  • Lastpage
    84
  • Abstract
    A Class-E power amplifier has been designed to operate at 2.5 GHz using a commercial, packaged GaAs pHEMT. The design approach used a novel analysis of the package impedances. The objective was to present optimal harmonic loads to the transistor, using lumped-component matching on commercial PCB material. Using an MRFG35010 plastic packaged transistor, a drain efficiency of 72% with about 3 W output power was achieved at 2.55 GHz.
  • Keywords
    HEMT integrated circuits; III-V semiconductors; UHF power amplifiers; gallium arsenide; integrated circuit design; Class-E power amplifier; GaAs; MRFG35010 plastic packaged transistor; PCB; frequency 2.5 GHz; lumped-component matching; optimal harmonic; pHEMT; Capacitance; Harmonic analysis; Power amplifiers; Power system harmonics; Resonant frequency; Switches; Transistors; Class-E; Power amplifier; high efficiency; switching amplifier;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Biomedical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems (BioWireleSS), 2013 IEEE Topical Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Austin, TX
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2930-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BioWireleSS.2013.6613682
  • Filename
    6613682