Open AccessScalable CMOS power combiner
Author(s) -
Ren Zhixiong,
Zhang Kefeng,
Chen Xiaofei,
Liu Zhenglin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
ISSN - 1350-911X
DOI - 10.1049/el.2013.3611
Subject(s) - cmos , amplifier , electronic engineering , electrical engineering , electric power transmission , scalability , transformer , engineering , power transmission , transmission line , power (physics) , computer science , voltage , telecommunications , physics , quantum mechanics , database
A new power combiner consisting of four quarter‐circle transmission line transformers is presented for realising the full integration of CMOS power amplifiers (PAs) Full‐wave electromagnetic simulation confirms the scalability with size and technology of the combiner without efficiency degeneration.