- Class-F 구동회로를 사용하는 Class-E 전력 증폭기의 신뢰성
- ㆍ 저자명
- 최진호,Choi. Jin-Ho
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 전기학회논문지. The transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers. C/ C, 전기물성·응용부문
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2006년|55권 6호|pp.287-290 (4 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 대한전기학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
A class-E CMOS RF(Radio frequency) power amplifier with a 1.8 Volt power supply is designed using $0.25{mu}m$ standard CMOS technology. To drive the class-E power amplifier, a Class-F RF power amplifier is used and the reliability characteristics are studied with a class-E load network. After one year of operating the power amplifier with an RF choke, the PAE(Power Added Efficiency) decreases from 60% to 47% and the output power decreases 29%. However, when a finite DC-feed inductor is used with the load, the PAE decreases from 60% to 53% and the output power decreases only 19%. The simulated results demonstrate that the class-E power amplifier with a finite DC-feed inductor exhibits superior reliability characteristics.