Abstract
This paper demonstrates the design of an E-band Doherty power amplifier (PA) based in an 130nm SiGe BiCMOS process. This design includes main and auxiliary amplifiers, lange coupler and a pre-amplifier. The designed power amplifier exhibits a saturated output power of 14.4 dBm and output referred P1dB of 11.7 dBm. The peak power added efficiency (PAE) of this amplifier is 19.2%. This PA shows PAE of 17% at P1dB and 11.6% at 6-dB output power back off. The peak power gain of this Doherty PA is 23 dB at 75 GHz with a 3-dB bandwidth from 60 to 80 GHz. The designed Doherty PA consumes DC power of 52 mW with a chip area of 900 μm × 800 μm without RF pads.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | PRIME 2018 - 14th Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics |
Publisher | IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
Pages | 145-148 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-5386-5387-6, 978-1-5386-5386-9 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-5386-5388-3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 8 Aug 2018 |
MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
Event | 14th Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics, PRIME 2018 - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 2 Jul 2018 → 5 Jul 2018 |
Conference
Conference | 14th Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics, PRIME 2018 |
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Country/Territory | Czech Republic |
City | Prague |
Period | 2/07/18 → 5/07/18 |
Keywords
- BiCMOS
- Doherty Power Amplifier
- Microstrip
- Power Backoff
- SiGe