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David J. Perreault. Jurkov, Alexander S Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 2013-06-17T19:49:17Z 2013-06-17T19:49:17Z 2013 2013 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79230 844776612 Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2013. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-106). For applications requiring the use of power amplifiers (PAs) operating at high frequencies and power levels, it is often preferable to construct multiple low power PAs and combine their output powers to form a high-power PA. Moreover, such PAs must often be able to provide dynamic control of their output power over a wide range, and maintain high efficiency across their operating range. This research work describes a new power combining and outphasing system that provides both high efficiency and dynamic output power control. The introduced system combines power from four or more PAs, and overcomes the loss and reactive loading problems of previous outphasing systems. It provides ideally lossless power combining, along with nearly-resistive loading of the individual power amplifiers over a very wide output power range. The theoretical fundamentals underlying the behavior and operation of this new combining system are thoroughly developed. Additionally, a straight-forward combiner design methodology is provided. The prototype design of a 27.12 MHz, four-way power combining and outphasing system is presented, implemented, and its performance is experimentally validated over a 1OW-1OOW (10:1) output power range. by Alexander S. Jurkov. S.M. 172 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Lossless multi-way power combining and outphasing for radio frequency power amplifiers Thesis application/pdf false Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="469bd9ac-253f-47fa-aaac-7d6d270187f5"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>Lossless multi-way power combining and outphasing for radio frequency power amplifiers</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2013</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Jurkov, Alexander S</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.</Keyword> <Abstract>For applications requiring the use of power amplifiers (PAs) operating at high frequencies and power levels, it is often preferable to construct multiple low power PAs and combine their output powers to form a high-power PA. Moreover, such PAs must often be able to provide dynamic control of their output power over a wide range, and maintain high efficiency across their operating range. This research work describes a new power combining and outphasing system that provides both high efficiency and dynamic output power control. The introduced system combines power from four or more PAs, and overcomes the loss and reactive loading problems of previous outphasing systems. It provides ideally lossless power combining, along with nearly-resistive loading of the individual power amplifiers over a very wide output power range. The theoretical fundamentals underlying the behavior and operation of this new combining system are thoroughly developed. Additionally, a straight-forward combiner design methodology is provided. The prototype design of a 27.12 MHz, four-way power combining and outphasing system is presented, implemented, and its performance is experimentally validated over a 1OW-1OOW (10:1) output power range.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>