A 2.5-GHz asymmetric multilevel outphasing power amplifier in 65-nm CMOS
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Godoy, Philip Andrew
Chung, SungWon
Barton, Taylor W.
Perreault, David J.
Dawson, Joel L.
Perron, J. Taylor
Date Issued
January 2011
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Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Godoy, Philip A., SungWon Chung, Taylor W. Barton, David J. Perreault, and Joel L. Dawson. “A 2.5-GHz Asymmetric Multilevel Outphasing Power Amplifier in 65-Nm CMOS.” 2011 IEEE Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications (n.d.).
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Abstract
We present a high-efficiency transmitter based on asymmetric multilevel outphasing (AMO). AMO transmitters improve their efficiency over LINC (linear amplification using nonlinear components) transmitters by switching the output envelopes of the power amplifiers among a discrete set of levels. This minimizes the occurrence of large outphasing angles, reducing the energy lost in the power combiner. We demonstrate this concept with a 2.5-GHz, 20-dBm peak output power transmitter using 2-level AMO designed in a 65-nm CMOS process. To the authors' knowledge, this IC is the first integrated implementation of the AMO concept. At peak output power, the measured power-added efficiency is 27.8%. For a 16-QAM signal with 6.1dB peak-to-average power ratio, the AMO prototype improves the average efficiency from 4.7% to 10.0% compared to the standard LINC system.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Microsystems Technology Laboratories
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https://doi.org/10.1109/PAWR.2011.5725372
