• DocumentCode
    380241
  • Title

    Power balance and harmonic tuning in microwave PAs

  • Author

    Colantonio, P. ; Giannini, F. ; Leuzzi, G. ; Limiti, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Roma "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    503
  • Abstract
    In this contribution, starting from power balance considerations, conditions for maximum efficiency in microwave power amplifiers are derived together with their practical implementation and limitations. Moreover, the influence of harmonic generation at the amplifying device input will be discussed, leading to guidelines for harmonic tuning effective implementation. Experimental tests are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.
  • Keywords
    circuit optimisation; circuit tuning; harmonics; microwave power amplifiers; radio transmitters; amplifier harmonic tuning effective implementation; amplifier power balance; amplifying device input harmonic generation; microwave PA maximum efficiency design; microwave power amplifiers; microwave radio transmitters; Frequency conversion; Guidelines; High power amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power system harmonics; Signal design; Testing; Thermal management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, 2002. MIKON-2002. 14th International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    83-906662-5-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIKON.2002.1017897
  • Filename
    1017897