• DocumentCode
    2228754
  • Title

    High efficiency harmonic control amplifier

  • Author

    Ingruber, B. ; Pritzl, W. ; Magerl, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Commun. & Radio-Frequency Eng., Tech. Univ. Wien, Austria
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    17-21 June 1996
  • Firstpage
    859
  • Abstract
    A new high efficiency amplifier concept which ideally delivers 100% drain efficiency and class A gain is described. The power amplifier realized with a commercially available GaAs FET has demonstrated 74% power-added efficiency, 27.9 dBm output power, and 14.4 dB gain at 1.62 GHz.
  • Keywords
    UHF power amplifiers; circuit tuning; harmonics; 1.62 GHz; 14.4 dB; 74 percent; GaAs; GaAs FET; class A gain; harmonic control amplifier; high efficiency amplifier; power amplifier; Driver circuits; High power amplifiers; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave devices; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power harmonic filters; Power system harmonics; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1996., IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3246-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1996.511073
  • Filename
    511073