In:
The Scientific World Journal, Hindawi Limited, Vol. 2014 ( 2014), p. 1-5
Kurzfassung:
We propose a mode-locking method optimized for the cascode structure of an RF CMOS power amplifier. To maximize the advantage of the typical mode-locking method in the cascode structure, the input of the cross-coupled transistor is modified from that of a typical mode-locking structure. To prove the feasibility of the proposed structure, we designed a 2.4 GHz CMOS power amplifier with a 0.18 μ m RFCMOS process for polar transmitter applications. The measured power added efficiency is 34.9%, while the saturated output power is 23.32 dBm. The designed chip size is 1.4 × 0.6 mm 2 .
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
2356-6140
,
1537-744X
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Hindawi Limited
Publikationsdatum:
2014
ZDB Id:
2075968-X