Low-power RF low-noise amplifier and power amplifier design.

Item

Title
Low-power RF low-noise amplifier and power amplifier design.
Identifier
AAI3213137
identifier
3213137
Creator
Tian, Yanbo.
Contributor
Advisers: Norman Scheinberg | Xinghao Chen
Date
2006
Language
English
Publisher
City University of New York.
Subject
Engineering, Electronics and Electrical
Abstract
Low Power RF design is important for portable wireless communication systems. Low noise amplifiers and power amplifiers are two important components in such systems. The low noise amplifier is at the input to the receiver and sets the overall system sensitivity, and the power amplifier is at the end of the transmitter chain and provides the power to communicate between base station and mobile station.;An optimization for two-stage low noise amplifier is presented. This approach allows getting minimal power dissipation under a power and linearity constraint.;A technique is presented to improve the efficiency of linear Class "A" power amplifiers by using dynamical current biasing with gain compensation. This technique is applied to a 2.4 GHz power amplifier. Simulations show that the dynamical current biasing results in a significant improvement in efficiency and that the gain compensation maintains the linearity as compared to a conventional implementation. With two tone input, the efficiency improvement is larger than 50% for amplifier driven 6-dB below saturation.
Type
dissertation
Source
PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree
Ph.D.
Item sets
CUNY Legacy ETDs