• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.68-73
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• 2014

A linear stacked field-effect transistor (FET) power amplifier (PA) is implemented using a $0.18-{\mu}m$ silicon-on-insulator CMOS process for W-CDMA handset applications. Phase distortion by the nonlinear gate-source capacitance ($C_{gs}$) of the common-source transistor, which is one of the major nonlinear sources for intermodulation distortion, is compensated by employing a PMOS linearizer with improved AM-PM. The linearizer is used at the gate of the driver-stage instead of main-stage transistor, thereby avoiding excessive capacitance loading while compensating the AM-PM distortions of both stages. The fabricated 836.5 MHz linear PA module shows an adjacent channel leakage ratio better than -40 dBc up to the rated linear output power of 27.1 dBm, and power-added efficiency of 45.6% at 27.1 dBm without digital pre-distortion.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.295-302
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• 2002

현재의 디지털 통신시스템은 매우 다양한 디지털 변조방식을 채택하고 있다. 이러한 통신시스템에서는 인접채널에 대한 간섭을 최대한 줄이기 위해서 필연적으로 선형 전력증폭기를 요한다. 선형 전력증폭기는 매우 다양한데 그 중에서 전방궤환 전력증폭기는 구조상 광대역이면서 선형화 정도가 매우 우수하다. 전방궤환 전력중폭기에 사용되는 지연선로의 손실로 인하여 전체효율이 감소한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 지연선로를 손실이 매우 작은 지연필터를 사용함으로써 효율과 선형성을 동시에 개선하였다. 측정된 결과 ACLR이 약 17.43dB 개선되었으며 이것은 지연필터를 사용함으로써 2.54dB 더 개선되었음을 나타낸다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권5호
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• pp.999-1003
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• 2009

We have designed and fabricated a linear drive amplifier with a novel intermodulation distortion(IMD) canceller using $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS process. The drive amplifier with IMD canceller is composed of a cascode main amplifier and an additional common-source IMD canceller. Since the IMD canceller generates IM3($3^{rd}$-order imtermodulation) signal with $180^{\circ}$ phase difference against the IM3 of the cascode main amplifier, the IM3 power is drastically eliminated. As of the measurement results, $OP_{1dB}$, $OIP_3$, and power-add efficiency are 5.5 dBm, 15.5 dBm, and 21%, respectively. Those are 5 dB, 6 dB, and 13.5% enhanced values compared to a conventional cascode drive amplifier. The IMD3 of the drive amplifier with IMD canceller is enhanced more than 10 dB compared to that of the conventional cascode drive amplifier for input power ranges from -22 to -14 dBm.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2007년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.73-74
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• 2007

In this paper, we design hybrid limitter balanced(HLB) power amplifier with W-CDMA signal input. Balanced power amplifier is important component that decide efficiency in communication system. General balanced power amplifier has low efficiency and high distortion characteristics. Therefore, we embodied two path with limitter that amplitude path had high efficiency amplifier using limitter and phase path had high linear amplifier to improve such problem.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.558-567
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• 1997

고효율 및 고선형 특성이 요구되는 휴대용 PCS 단말기를 위한 전력증폭기 모율을 구현하였다. 시스템의 요구 사양을 만족시킴 수 있는 능동 소자(MESFET)를 선택하고 이의 대신호 등가모형을 추출하여 모율을 설계하였다. 모둘은 동삭 주파수 1750-1780 MHz에서 동작하는 저속 보행자용과 고속 차량용의 2가지 종류로 구현하였다. 지속 보행자용 모플은 드레인 바이어스 3.6 V 하에서 출력 전력 23.2 dBm, 효율 34 %, 이득 22.2 dB과 $IMD_3$ 31dBc의 특성을 얻었고, 고속 이동용 모율은 드레인 바이어스 4.2 V 하에서 출력 전력 27.2 dBm, 효율 3 33 %, 이득 21.3 dB과 IMD, 31 dBc의 특성을 얻을 수 있었다 이 전력증폭기 모듈들은 PCS 단말기의 요구 사양을 만족시키는 우수한 특성을 가졌다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.39-46
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• 2007

This paper presents a programmable single-phase ac power source that provides a sinusoidal output voltage with an adjustable output amplitude and frequency over a wide range as well as an arbitrary waveform. The ac power source under consideration have a linear power amplifier. The desired output values can be programmed with a personal computer. The power source operates at 220[V]/60[Hz] mains and the output voltage is isolated from the input circuit. The system consists mainly of a power converter to generate and amplify the waveform signal, a controller to control the desired output signal and measure the output parameters, and a control program to set the desired output and display the values. The prototype ac power source was constructed and tested with the results demonstrating a good performance.

• 한국전자파학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전자파학회 2003년도 종합학술발표회 논문집 Vol.13 No.1
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• pp.87-90
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• 2003

In this paper, A feedforward linear power amplifier is analyzed for imperfect signal cancellation and negative feedback for basestaion of IMT2000 band. the distortion generatied by the error amplifier is reduced using an imperfect signal cancellation for a 1-carrier WCDMA source by 4.3dB at 2.5MHz offset and 6dB at 5MHz offset of IMSR(intermodulation signal power ratio) compared to a perfect signal cancellation system. additionally, An imperfect signal cancellation using negative feedback improved 1.3dB and 8.2dB at 2.5MHz and 5MHz offset of IMSR compared to an imperfect signal cancellation.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.462-465
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• 2011

A millimeter-wave (mm-wave) high-linear low-noise amplifier (LNA) is presented using a 0.18 ${\mu}m$ standard CMOS process. To improve the linearity of mm-wave LNAs, we adopted the multiple-gate transistor (MGTR) topology used in the low frequency range. By using an MGTR having a different gate-source bias at the last stage of LNAs, third-order input intercept point (IIP3) and 1-dB gain compression point ($P_{1dB}$) increase by 4.85 dBm and 4 dBm, respectively, without noise figure (NF) degradation. At 33 GHz, the proposed LNAs represent 9.5 dB gain, 7.13 dB NF, and 6.25 dBm IIP3.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2011년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.389-391
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 VDR(VHF Data Radio)용 선형 25Watt 고출력 증폭기 회로를 설계하고 제작하여 특성을 측정하였다. VDR의 주파수 대역은 117.975~137MHz이고, CSMA(Carrier Sense Multiple Access) 다중 접속방식, D8PSK(Differential Eight Phase Shift Keyed), 25kHz 채널 대역폭을 사용한다. 또한 DO-281A MOPS에 규정된 출력 전력 및 심볼 배열 에러, 불요파 방사, 인접채널 전력을 만족해야 한다. 설계한 고출력증폭기는 DO-281A 표준을 만족한다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2001년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.118-123
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• 2001

For multi-carrier communication system, power amplifier generate intermodulation products caused by their nonlinear characteristics. Intermodulation products arised around the carrier frequency cannot be filtered out, operate as noise source for tile adjacent channel and thus degrades the quality of communication. In this paper, the 1850MHz-band RF linear power amplifier has been designed and fabricated with feedforward loop. The error signal loop consists of several key components such as phase shifter and attenuator, subtracter. The proposed Linearizer was tested with two-tone signals separated 10MHz apart at the center frequency of 1850MHz. The experimental results show C/I improvement by 14.5${\~}$20dB over 15dB dynamic range(33${\~}$47.8dBm) which gave IMD of 53.25${\~}$59dBc for the designed LPA.