Broadband power efficient Class E amplifiers with a non-linear CAD model of the active MOS device

Author

Everard, J.K.A. ; King, A.J.

Volume

57

Issue

2

fYear

1987

Firstpage

52

Lastpage

58

Abstract

This paper describes how broadband power efficient Class E amplifiers can be designed which are capable of efficiencies approaching 100% over 35%fractional bandwidths. The paper contains a brief review of switching ClassE amplifiers, which are normally narrow band, and describes how these can be made broadband. As an example, a broadband 130 to 180 MHz r.f. amplifier has been designed, built and tested and the results are reported here. To enable an accurate computer simulation of the r.f. power amplifier to be made, a non-linear CAD model of the active device (an r.f. power MOSFET) is developed. CAD techniques for matching the non-linear input impedance of the MOSFET are also presented. Experiment and theory are compared and show close correlation.

Keywords

circuit CAD; digital simulation; insulated gate field effect transistors; radiofrequency amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; 100 percent; 130 to 180 MHz; RF amplifier; RF power MOSFET; VHF; active MOS device; broadband power efficient Class E amplifiers; computer simulation; fractional bandwidths; input impedance matching; nonlinear CAD model; switching amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronic and Radio Engineers, Journal of the Institution of

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0267-1689

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/jiere.1987.0030

Filename

5261528