Dynamic load modulation of high power amplifiers with varactor-based matching networks
Paper in proceeding, 2009

In this paper, the results of dynamic load modulation on a high power amplifier is shown with experiments. A simple static nonlinear model is used as an inverse model, and by dynamically controlling both the input signal to the power amplifier and the load impedance, high efficiency operation of the power amplifier is achieved. The modulated measurements show the feasibility of dynamic load modulation for practical high power, high frequency applications.

power amplifiers

tunable-matching networks.

load modulation network

Efficiency

Author

Ali Soltani Tehrani

GigaHertz Centre

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Hossein Mashad Nemati

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

GigaHertz Centre

Haiying Cao

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2)

GigaHertz Centre

Thomas Eriksson

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

GigaHertz Centre

Christian Fager

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

GigaHertz Centre

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

0149645X (ISSN)

1537-1540 5166002
978-142442804-5 (ISBN)

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5166002

ISBN

978-142442804-5

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10/7/2017