Title :
A Technical Foundation for RF CMOS Power Amplifiers: Part 2: Power Amplifier Architectures
Abstract :
This article is the second in a series based on a presentation for the Advanced RF CMOS Transmitter Techniques Forum at the 2015 International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco. This presentation provided a technical background upon which all the other forum presentations expanded greatly.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; power amplifiers; radiofrequency amplifiers; Advanced RF CMOS Transmitter Techniques Forum; RF CMOS power amplifier; power amplifier architectures; Energy efficiency; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Radio frequency; Threshold voltage; Transfer functions; Transistors;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSSC.2015.2474236