A DC-DC converter FPGA driver for Efficiency Enhancement of Wideband RF Power Amplifiers

Author

Cesari, A. ; Dilhac, J.-M. ; Alonso, C. ; Cid-Pastor, A.

Author_Institution

CNRS, Toulouse

fYear

2007

fDate

4-7 June 2007

Firstpage

1639

Lastpage

1644

Abstract

A digital driver enabling the use of highly efficient, switched DC-DC converters for dynamic supply of radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers (PA) is proposed in this paper. Its design procedure, targeting a FPGA implementation, is fully detailed. Using simulation procedures, the potential of the proposed driver to enhance both PA linearity and efficiency figures in wideband RF applications is highlighted, as well as its robustness in front of temporal misalignments between the RF and the supply paths.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; driver circuits; field programmable gate arrays; integrated circuit design; power amplifiers; power supply circuits; radiofrequency amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; DC-DC converter; FPGA driver; design procedure; digital driver; dynamic supply; simulation procedures; wideband RF power amplifiers; Broadband amplifiers; DC-DC power converters; Digital-to-frequency converters; Driver circuits; Field programmable gate arrays; High power amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Switching converters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 2007. ISIE 2007. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Vigo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0754-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0755-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.2007.4374850

Filename

4374850