• DocumentCode
    2593968
  • Title

    Rugged HBT Class-C power amplifiers with base-emitter clamping

  • Author

    Luo, Xiaohua ; Halder, Sebastian ; Hwang, J.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Lehigh University, Bethlehem, United States
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    5-10 June 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given, as follows. The ruggedness of HBT Class-C power amplifiers was improved by adding an anti-parallel diode to the amplifier input to limit the negative swing of the base-emitter voltage. The improved amplifier could withstand 3∶1 instead of 2∶1 mismatch in CW operation, and 2.5∶1 instead of 1.5:1 mismatch in pulse operation. The present approach is simple to implement and has negligible impact on overall amplifier output power, gain or efficiency.
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2011 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-754-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0149-645X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5973296
  • Filename
    5973296
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2593968