Title :
An octave-range watt-level fully integrated CMOS switching power mixer array for linearization and back-off efficiency improvement
Author :
Kousai, Shouhei ; Hajimiri, Ali
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
In this paper, a wideband watt-level fully-integrated CMOS power amplifier (PA) for non-constant modulation been demonstrated. The output currents of sixteen power mixer cores are combined at their drains, where the non-constant envelope RF signal is regenerated.
Keywords :
CMOS digital integrated circuits; linearisation techniques; mixers (circuits); power amplifiers; CMOS power mixer array; RF signal; back-off efficiency; linearization; nonconstant modulation; Bandwidth; Clocks; Detectors; Flip-flops; Frequency; Jitter; Phase detection; Phase noise; Solid state circuits; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference - Digest of Technical Papers, 2009. ISSCC 2009. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3458-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2009.4977465
