• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.161-165
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• 2011

In this paper, a high-efficiency DC-AC converter is used for wireless energy transmission. The DC-AC convertter is implemented by combining the oscillator and power amplifier. Given that the conversion efficiency of a DC-AC converter is strongly affected by the efficiency of the power amplifier, a high-efficiency power amplifier is implemented using a class-E amplifier structure. Also, because of the low output power of the oscillator connected to the input stage of the power amplifier, a high-gain two-stage power amplifier using a drive amplifier is used to realize a high-output power DC-AC converter. The high-efficiency DC-AC converter is realized by connecting the oscillator to the input stage of the high-gain high-efficiency two-stage class-E power amplifier. The output power and the conversion efficiency of the DC-AC converter are 40.83 dBm and 87.32 %, respectively, at an operation frequency of 13.56 MHz.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1030-1039
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 최종단에 내장된 구동 증폭기를 사용하여 높은 이득을 갖는 고 출력 고 이득 도허티 전력 증폭기를 설계하였다. 2단 도허티 증폭기의 동작 특성을 2단 피킹 증폭기의 게이트 바이어스에 관한 함수로서 해석하였다. 구동단과 최종단은 각각 single-ended MRF21045 2개와 single push-pull packaged MRF21180 1개를 사용하여 제작하였다. 본 논문에서 구현된 2단 도허티 증폭기는 평균 출력 전력 15 W에서 27 dB의 이득과 23 %의 전력 부가 효율을 가진다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.114-121
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 ISM 밴드의 블루투스 응용을 위한 2단 CMOS E급 전력증폭기를 설계하였다. 제안된 전력증폭기는 2.4GHz의 주파수에서 동작하며 0.35um CMOS기술과 Hspice 툴을 이용하여 설계 및 시뮬레이션 되었고 Mentor 툴을 이용하여 레이아웃되었다. 전력증폭기의 구조는 간단한 2단으로 설계하였다. 첫단에는 입력매칭네트웍과 전압증폭단인 전치증폭기로, 둘째단은 최대효율과 최대전력을 위한 E급 전력증폭단과 출력 매칭네트웍으로 구성하였다 내부단은 가장 간단한 구조의 L구조의 매칭네트웍을 이용하여 제작될 전체칩의 크기를 최소화하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 전력증폭기는 2.4GHz의 동작주파수와 2.5V의 낮은 공급전압에서 25.4dBm의 출력전력과 약 39%의 전력부가효율을 얻을 수 있었다. 패드를 제외한 칩의 크기는 약 0.9${\times}$0.8(mm2)였다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.279-284
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• 2016

This paper presents a two stage L-band power amplifier realized with a $0.32{\mu}m$ Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) CMOS technology. To overcome a low breakdown voltage limit of MOSFET, stacked-FET structures are employed, where three transistors in the first stage amplifier and four transistors in the second stage amplifier are connected in series so that their output voltage swings are added in phase. The stacked-FET structures enable the proposed amplifier to achieve a 21.5 dB small-signal gain and 15.7 dBm output 1-dB compression power at 1.9 GHz with a 122 mA DC current from a 4 V supply. The amplifier delivers a 19.7 dBm. This paper presents a two stage L-band power amplifier realized with a $0.32{\mu}m$ Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) CMOS technology. To overcome a low breakdown voltage limit of MOSFET, stacked-FET structures are employed, where three transistors in the first stage amplifier and four transistors in the second stage amplifier are connected in series so that their output voltage swings are added in phase. The stacked-FET structures enable the proposed amplifier to achieve a 21.5 dB small-signal gain and 15.7 dBm output 1-dB compression power at 1.9 GHz with a 122 mA DC current from a 4 V supply. The amplifier delivers a 19.7 dBm saturated output power with a 16 % maximum Power Added Efficiency (PAE). A bond wire fine tuning technology enables the amplifier a 23.67 dBm saturated output power with a 20.4 % maximum PAE. The die area is $1.9mm{\times}0.6mm$.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.339-345
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• 2016

This paper presents a two-stage power amplifier MMIC using a $0.4{\mu}m$ GaN-HEMT process. The two-stage structure provides high gain and compact circuit size using an integrated inter-stage matching network. The size and loss of the inter-stage matching network can be reduced by including bond wires as part of the matching network. The two-stage power amplifier MMIC was fabricated with a chip size of $2.0{\times}1.9mm^2$ and was mounted on a $4{\times}4$ QFN carrier for evaluation. Using a downlink LTE signal with a PAPR of 6.5 dB and a channel bandwidth of 10 MHz for the 2.6 GHz band, the power amplifier MMIC exhibited a gain of 30 dB, a drain efficiency of 32%, and an ACLR of -31.4 dBc at an average output power of 36 dBm. Using two power amplifier MMICs for the carrier and peaking amplifiers, a Doherty power amplifier was designed and implemented. At a 6 dB back-off output power level of 39 dBm, a gain of 24.7 dB and a drain efficiency of 43.5% were achieved.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2002년도 합동 추계학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.589-592
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• 2002

A CMOS power amplifier for IMT-2000 is designed with 0.25-${\mu}m$ CMOS technology. This amplifier circuits consist of two cascode stages. Used cascode structure has good reverse isolation. These amplifier circuits consist of two stages which are driver stage and power amplification stage. The designed power amplifier is simulated with ADS using 0.25-${\mu}m$ CMOS library at 3.3 V power supply. Simulation results indicate that the amplifier has a PAE of 39 % and power gain of 24 dBm at 1.95 GHz.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.295-300
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 블루투스 Class-1에 응용 가능한 중심주파수 2.4CHz의 2단 Class E 전력 증폭기를 설계하였다. 전력 증폭기는 고효율 특성을 위해 소프트-스위칭을 하는 Class E로 설계하였다. 증폭기 가 포함된 래치-구조의 구동증폭기는 다음단의 전력 증폭기를 소프트-스위칭 모드로 동작시키기 위해 빠른 상승시간과 하강시간의 출력신호를 만든다. 이 구조는 전력 증폭기의 효율특성을 개선시킨다. 제안한 전력 증폭기는 65.8$\%$의 전력부가효율, 20dBm의 출력전력과 20dB의 전력이득을 나타낸다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.2228-2237
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• 1994

This paper describes the development of a Ku-band ($12.25GHz\sim12.75GHz$) SSPA intended as a replacement for TWTAs used in communication satelite transponder. The power stage of the amplifier consists of tow intrmally matched 8W FET divices combined using the branch-line coupler. To operate this stage, the drive stage has been designed with intermally matched 2W, 4W, 8W FET and two medium power FETs. The entire amplifier is made up by a aluminum chassis housing both the RF circuit and the bias circuitry. A regrlator/sequencing circuitry is used for FET biasing. The amplifier results implemented in this way show $41\pm0.3dB$ small-signal gain, 15W saturation power, a typical two tone $IM_3=-21.5dBc$ with single carrier backed off 5dB from saturation, $2^*/dBmax$ AM/PM conversion, and $3.47\pm0.25nsec$ group delay.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.278-283
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• 2013

This paper presents a design and fabrication of 0.5 V two stage operational amplifier. The proposed operational amplifier utilizes body-driven differential input stage and self-cascode current mirror structure. Cadence Virtuoso is used for layout and the layout data is verified by LVS through Mentor Calibre. The proposed two stage operational amplifier is fabricated using $0.13{\mu}m$ CMOS process and operation at 0.5 V is confirmed. Measured low frequency small signal gain of operational amplifier is 50 dB, power consumption is $29{\mu}W$ and chip area is $75{\mu}m{\times}90{\mu}m$.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.1069-1074
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 TSMC 65 nm CMOS 공정를 이용하여 V-대역 이단 전력증폭기를 설계 및 제작하였다. 수동소자를 사용한 간단한 구조의 정합회로를 구성하였고, 입력과 출력 정합회로를 모두 집적하였다. Pre-distortion 기법을 통해 전력 이득을 보상해 줌으로써 전력증폭기의 선형성을 향상시켰다. 제작된 전력증폭기는 58.8 GHz의 동작 주파수와 1 V의 동작 전압에서 10.4 dB의 전력 이득, 9.7 dBm의 출력 전력 및 20.8 %의 효율 특성을 나타내었다.