A high performance Balanced Power Amplifier and Its Integration into a Front-end Module at PCS Band

Author

Zhang, Gary ; Chang, Shiaw ; Alon, Ziv

Author_Institution

Skyworks Solutions Inc., Newbury Park

fYear

2007

fDate

3-5 June 2007

Firstpage

251

Lastpage

254

Abstract

A novel load insensitive power amplifier (LIPA) with balanced structure is developed for 3G (HSDPA and HSUPA) handset application at PCS band from 1850-1910 MHz. No external regulated voltage and analog voltage supplies are required at high power level and it is compatible with DC-to-DC converters. Digital or analog control may be applied to further improve its PAE at low and middle power levels. This newly featured PA is integrated into a 4x7 mm² front-end module (FEM) with good performance, especially under load mismatch condition.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; UHF integrated circuits; UHF power amplifiers; integrated circuit design; modules; 3G handset application; DC-to-DC converters; PCS band; analog control; digital control; frequency 1850 MHz to 1910 MHz; front-end module; high performance balanced power amplifier; load insensitive power amplifier; High power amplifiers; Multiaccess communication; Packaging; Personal communication networks; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Switches; Telephone sets; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0530-0

Electronic_ISBN

1529-2517

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2007.380876

Filename

4266424