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Efficiency enhancement of cross cancellation power amplifier using negative group delay circuit
Author(s) -
Joeng Junhyung,
Chaudhary Girdhari,
Jeong Yongchae
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.31765
Subject(s) - amplifier , group delay and phase delay , electrical engineering , electronic engineering , ccpa , power (physics) , engineering , cmos , physics , chemistry , adenosine receptor , biochemistry , receptor , filter (signal processing) , quantum mechanics , agonist
In this article, a cross cancellation power amplifier (CCPA) with negative group delay circuits (NGDCs) for an efficiency enhancement is proposed. The proposed CCPA with NGDCs consists of a balanced power amplifier (BPA), NGDCs, error amplifier, small signal amplifier, and magnitude/phase control circuits. The NGDC can remove delay elements of the conventional CCPA and improve output power and efficiency. The fabricated main BPA provides 44.37 dBm peak power, 71.3% drain efficiency, and 68% PAE at 2.14 GHz. The drain efficiency of the proposed CCPA with NGDCs is improved by 6.7% than the conventional CCPA. Moreover, adjacent channel leakage ratios of CCPA with NGDCs are improved by 12.2, 18.9, 17.7, and 14.2 dB at −10, −5, +5, and +10 MHz offset points with the WCDMA 4‐FAs (20 MHz) signal, respectively.