• DocumentCode
    2326120
  • Title

    High power time domain measurement system with active harmonic load-pull for high efficiency base station amplifier design

  • Author

    Benedikt, J. ; Gaddi, R. ; Tasker, P.J. ; Goss, M. ; Zadeh, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Cardiff Univ., UK
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    11-16 June 2000
  • Firstpage
    1459
  • Abstract
    A measurement system combining vector corrected waveform measurements with active harmonic load-pull extends, for the first time, real-time experimental waveform engineering up to the 30 W power level. This novel harmonic load-pull approach is demonstrated on a 4 W LDMOS device. A 20% increase in maximum output power to 4.7 W without degrading gain and efficiency was realized.
  • Keywords
    MOSFET circuits; UHF circuits; UHF power amplifiers; circuit tuning; time-domain analysis; 30 W; 4 to 4.7 W; LDMOS device; active harmonic load-pull; efficiency; gain; high efficiency base station amplifier; high power time domain measurement system; maximum output power; measurement system; vector corrected waveform measurements; waveform engineering; Base stations; High power amplifiers; Packaging; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power measurement; Power system harmonics; System testing; Time measurement; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5687-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2000.862249
  • Filename
    862249