This paper presents the design and characterization of a Doherty power amplifier based on high-efficiency continuous inverse class-F individual amplifiers. The prototype achieves a saturated output power in excess of 42.5dBm, with efficiency higher than 70% and 50%, at saturation and 6dB output back-off respectively, over the frequency band 1.45GHz-1.75GHz (18% fractional band). The good agreement between simulations and measurements and the comparison with the state of the art at similar frequencies demonstrate the potential of the application of harmonic tuning strategies to the Doherty architecture, despite the challenge of maintaining wideband operation.

High-Efficiency GaN Doherty Power Amplifier based on Inverse Class-F Operation / Piacibello, Anna; Camarchia, Vittorio. - ELETTRONICO. - (2024), pp. 5-8. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2024 IEEE Topical Conference on RF/Microwave Power Amplifiers for Radio and Wireless Applications, PAWR 2024 tenutosi a San Antonio (USA) nel 21-24 January 2024) [10.1109/pawr59907.2024.10438616].

High-Efficiency GaN Doherty Power Amplifier based on Inverse Class-F Operation

Piacibello, Anna;Camarchia, Vittorio
2024

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This paper presents the design and characterization of a Doherty power amplifier based on high-efficiency continuous inverse class-F individual amplifiers. The prototype achieves a saturated output power in excess of 42.5dBm, with efficiency higher than 70% and 50%, at saturation and 6dB output back-off respectively, over the frequency band 1.45GHz-1.75GHz (18% fractional band). The good agreement between simulations and measurements and the comparison with the state of the art at similar frequencies demonstrate the potential of the application of harmonic tuning strategies to the Doherty architecture, despite the challenge of maintaining wideband operation.
2024
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