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ARTICLES & TUTORIALS ON RF AMPLIFIER DESIGN
CMOS Power Amplifiers in Wireless Communication - PART 1
Drawing (Part a, Part b, Part c)
Lecture Notes from a CMOS RFIC Course. Lecture includes an introduction to PA design, Matching Networks and the various classes of Amplifier operation.
from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
CMOS Power Amplifiers in Wireless Communication - PART 2
Drawing (Part a, Part b, Part c)
Lecture Notes from a CMOS RFIC Course. Lecture covers the Short Channel Effects in PA design and the High Frequency Figures of Merit.
from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Highly Linear RF Power Amplifier Design
Design of a Linear CMOS PA (0.25 micron Process) for WCDMA Applications with Measurement results have been presented in this paper.
from Aalborg University
A Fully-Integrated 1.8-V, 2.8-W, 1.9-GHz, CMOS Power Amplifier
This paper demonstrated the first 2-stage, 2.8W, 1.8V, 1.9GHz fully-integrated DAT power amplifier with 50O input and output matching using 0.18µm CMOS transistors. It has a small-signal gain of 27dB. The amplifier provides 2.8W of power into a 50O load with a PAE of 50%.
by I. Aoki, S. Kee, D. Rutledge, and Ali Hajimiri
Wideband Gain Block Amplifier Design Techniques
Review of design Requirements for a Genral Purpose RFIC Amplifier. By Chris Arnott from RFMD
Broadband VHF/UHF Amplifier Design Using Coaxial Transformers
This article describes the methods used to design broadband coaxial transformer matching networks for an LDMOS power amplifier that delivers consistent performance over more than a decade bandwidth.
By C. G. Gentzler and S.K. Leong from Polyfet RF Devices - High Frequency Electronics
Power Amplifier Design
A Presentation going over the basics of RF Power Amplifier Design such as S-Parameters, Matching and Stability.
from the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University by Michael Tse
A 1.2V, 2.4GHz Fully Integrated Linear CMOS Power Amplifier with Efficiency Enhancement
A 2.4GHz power amplifier with on chip output matching. A technique for enhancing average efficiency is proposed and demonstrated. This technique does not degrade instantaneous efficiency at peak power and maintains constant power gain with power back-off.
By Gang Liu, Tsu-Jae King Liu and Ali M. Niknejad from The University of California, Berkeley
Microwave Amplifiers
The Design of Microwave Transistor Amplifiers Using S Parameters - from The University of San Diego
Power Amplifier Design: RF transmitting transistor and power amplifier fundamentals
A Detailed article from NXP discussing Power Amplifier design for VHF and UHF systems, topics include the various Amplifier Classes, Basing Techniques, Matching Networks and Examples.
Document from Philips Semiconductors (NXP)
A comprehensive overview of Power Amplifier technologies. This is a Series of 4 Articles published by High Frequency Design
RF and Microwave Power Amplifier and Transmitter Technologies – Part 2
Amplifier Configurations, Classes, Device Characterizations and Applications.
Transmitter architectures, topics Include Power Combining, Adaptive Gate Switching, Envelope Tracking, Class S – Modulator, Doherty Technique and more…
Linearization Methods for Power Amplifier, goes over Feedback, Feed forward and predistortion Techniques.
Design and Implementation of a Common Collector Class B RF Power Ampli?er in InGaP HBT Technology
The design and Measurement of a common collector class B Power Amplifier with an operating frequency of 1.7 – 1.9 GHz, a Gain of 10dB and P1dB of 30 dB is presented in this Thesis. This Amplifier is then compared to a common emitter Power Amplifier to investigate the advantages and drawbacks.
Master Thesis by Oliver Isler from UCSB
Understanding RF Power Amplifiers
A Chapter from the book: RF Circuit Design by Christopher Bowick. Goes over Class A, B and C amplifier with emphasis on Linearity.
From RF Designline
The Design of a High Efficiency RF Power Amplifier for an MCM Process
Design of a high efficiency RF Power Amplifier at 2.3 GHz using a pHEMT device with an Efficiency of over 68 % & at 30 dBm.
Masters Thesis By James Noonan from MIT
Power Amplifier Design Using Measured Load Pull Data
This paper describes a technique for creating an accurate behavioral model within the software that avoids the need for manual entry of load pull data.
By John Olah and Sanjeev Gupta
Class E Power Amplifier: Design and Practical Considerations
Practical Considerations for designing a Class E Power Amplifier. By Martin Tsai