• DocumentCode
    3297707
  • Title

    A 13 W current mode class D high efficiency 1 GHz power amplifier

  • Author

    Long, Anthony ; Yao, Jingshi ; Long, Stephen I.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    4-7 Aug. 2002
  • Abstract
    13 watt Current Mode Class-D (CMCD) with 60% efficiency is presented. This amplifier is the highest power switch mode microwave power amplifier reported to date. The CMCD architecture is an improvement over the Voltage Mode Class-D in that the parasitic reactance in the active device can be absorbed into the tank circuit resulting in a zero voltage switching condition.
  • Keywords
    MMIC amplifiers; current-mode circuits; microwave power amplifiers; switched current circuits; 13 W; 60 percent; CMCD architecture; Class D power amplifier; current mode; microwave power amplifier; parasitic reactance; power switch mode amplifier; tank circuit; zero voltage switching; Circuits; Frequency; High power amplifiers; Microwave amplifiers; Multiaccess communication; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Switches; Zero voltage switching;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 2002. MWSCAS-2002. The 2002 45th Midwest Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7523-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSCAS.2002.1187146
  • Filename
    1187146