Fig. 1 Layout of the driver stage inductor: (a) symmetric and (b) asymmetric layouts.
Fig. 2 Proposed asymmetric differential inductor.
Fig. 3 Proposed asymmetric differential inductor.
Fig. 4 Phase difference for typical and proposed differential inductors.
Fig. 5 Distortions based on input power: (a) AM-to-AM and (b) AM-to-PM distortions.
Fig. 6 Chip photograph of the designed power amplifier.
Fig. 7 Measured gain, EVM, and PAE based on ouptut power.
Fig. 8 Measured spectrum mask at the EVM of 3.98%.
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