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Linear CMOS RF Power Amplifiers for Wireless Applications: Efficiency Enhancement and Frequency-Tunable Capability (Analog Circuits and Signal Processing)

✍ Scribed by Paulo Augusto Dal Fabbro, Maher Kayal


Publisher
Springer
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Leaves
171
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


Advances in electronics have pushed mankind to create devices, ranging from - credible gadgets to medical equipment to spacecraft instruments. More than that, modern society is getting used to―if not dependent on―the comfort, solutions, and astonishing amount of information brought by these devices. One ?eld that has continuously bene?tted from those advances is the radio frequency integrated c- cuit (RFIC) design, which in its turn has promoted countless bene?ts to the mankind as a payback. Wireless communications is one prominent example of what the - vances in electronics have enabled and their consequences to our daily life. How could anyone back in the eighties think of the possibilities opened by the wireless local area networks (WLANs) that can be found today in a host of places, such as public libraries, coffee shops, trains, to name just a few? How can a youngster, who lives this true WLAN experience nowadays, imagine a world without it? This book dealswith the design oflinearCMOS RF PowerAmpli?ers(PAs). The RF PA is a very important part of the RF transceiver, the device that enables wireless communications. Two important aspects that are key to keep the advances in RF PA design at an accelerate pace are treated: ef?ciency enhancement and frequen- tunable capability. For this purpose, the design of two different integrated circuits realizedina0. 11Β΅mtechnologyispresented,eachoneaddressingadifferentaspect. With respect to ef?ciency enhancement, the design of a dynamic supply RF power ampli?er is treated, making up the material of Chaps. 2 to 4.

✦ Table of Contents


Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Notation
Introduction
Context
Objectives
Efficiency Enhancement
Specifications
Frequency-Tunable Capability
Book Outline
References
Efficiency Enhancement
Introduction
Basic Principles
Linearity
Metrics
Efficiency
Metrics
Overview of the Main Efficiency-Enhancement Techniques
Envelope Elimination and Restoration
Classic Architecture
Modern Architecture
Advantages and Drawbacks
CMOS IC Implementations (Refer also to Table 2.1)
Dynamic Supply RF Power Amplifier
A Note on the Name of the Technique
Works on Dynamic Supply PAs (Refer also to Table 2.1)
Dynamic Supply with Switched-Mode PA
Conclusion
References
Design of the Dynamic Supply CMOS RF Power Amplifier
Introduction
High-Efficiency, Fast Modulator
High-Speed Comparator
Synchronous Switch
Anti-overlapping Circuit
LC Filter
RF Power Amplifier
Design Procedure
Stability
Dynamic Supply RF Power Amplifier
Conclusion
References
Measurement Results for the Dynamic Supply CMOS RF Power Amplifier
Introduction
Main Evaluation Board
Modulator Characterization
Envelope Detection and Processing
RF Power Amplifier Characterization
S-Parameters Measurement
Single-Tone Measurements
Dynamic Supply RF PA Characterization
Two-Tone Measurements
OFDM Measurements
Conclusion
References
Frequency-Tunable Capability
Introduction
Scenario
Definitions
Tuning Range
Overview of the Existing Frequency-Tunable Techniques
Broadband Techniques
Lossy Matching
Distributed Amplifiers
Balanced Amplifiers
Drawbacks
Narrowband Techniques
Varactors
BST Capacitors
MOS Capacitors
Varactor Diodes
Variable Inductors
Ferromagnetic Inductors
MEMS Inductors
Active Inductors
Saturable Reactors
Coupled Inductors
Switching
MEMS Switches
PIN Diodes
Conclusion
References
Design of the Frequency-Tunable CMOS RF Power Amplifier
Introduction
Output Impedance Matching
The pi-Matching Network
Finite Qu Inductors
Tunable Output Impedance Matching
Input Impedance Matching
Frequency-Tunable RF Power Amplifier
RF Power Amplifier
Coupled Inductors
Design of the Coupled Inductors
Interleaved Transformer Design and Simulation
Control Circuit
Analysis of the Control Circuit
Design of the Control Circuit
Complete System
Conclusion
References
Measurement Results for the Frequency-Tunable CMOS RF Power Amplifier
Introduction
Stand-Alone RF Power Amplifier Characterization
Coupled Inductors Characterization
Frequency-Tunable RF PA Measurement
Hybrid Implementation
Measurement Results for the Hybrid PA
Analysis and Discussion of the Results
Conclusion
References
Conclusion
Highlights
Main Contributions
Efficiency Enhancement
Frequency-Tunable Capability
Impedance Matching
Future Work
Efficiency Enhancement
Frequency-Tunable Capability
References
Appendix A: Measurement Setups and Additional Screenshots
Setups Used for the S-Parameter Measurements
Setup Used for the 2-Tone Measurements
Setup Used for the OFDM Measurements
Additional Screenshots
References
Appendix B: Procedure for Impedance Matching of Printed-Circuit RF Amplifiers
Introduction
Procedure for Impedance Matching
PCB Access Lines Design and Fabrication
SOLT Calibration and Measurement
TRL Calibration and Measurement
Access Line Modeling and De-Embedding
Matching Network Implementation
Summarized Guidelines
Application Example
First Step
Second Step
Third Step
Fourth Step
Fifth Step
Matching the Output
Matching the Input
Analysis of the Results
References
Index


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