• DocumentCode
    2327928
  • Title

    Influence of output impedance on power added efficiency of Si-bipolar power transistors

  • Author

    van Rijs, F. ; Dekker, R. ; Visser, H.A. ; Huizing, H.G.A. ; Hartskeerl, D. ; Magnee, P.H.C. ; Dondero, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Philips Dicrete Semicond., Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    11-16 June 2000
  • Firstpage
    1945
  • Abstract
    The power added efficiency (PAE) of low voltage RF bipolar power transistors for cellular applications, is carefully analyzed experimentally and theoretically. We found that the transistor with low output capacitance operates in "inverse class AB", which facilitates high efficiencies. FE as high as 77% at 1.8 GHz with 3.5 V supply voltage have been obtained.
  • Keywords
    Capacitance; Electric impedance; Elemental semiconductors; Power bipolar transistors; Semiconductor device measurement; Silicon; UHF bipolar transistors; 1.8 GHz; 3.5 V; 77 percent; LV RF bipolar power transistors; PAE; Si; Si bipolar power transistors; cellular applications; high efficiencies; inverse class AB; low output capacitance; low voltage power transistors; output impedance; power added efficiency; Bipolar transistors; Capacitance; GSM; Impedance; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power measurement; Power transistors; Radio frequency; 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.2000.862364
  • Filename
    862364