Presentation 2020-06-18
A Study on AM-AM/PM Characteristics of RF Power Amplifiers
Satoshi Tanaka,
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Abstract(in English) In 5G (5th Generation) mobile phone, maximum modulation bandwidth is enlarged from 100 to 400 MHz addition, complicated systems such as DC (Dual Connectivity) and MIMO (Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output) are applied. With this wide bandwidth and complicated parallel operating systems, the ET (Envelope Tracking) systems and the DPD (Digital Pre-Distortion) systems cannot be always the optimum solutions. The PA (Power Amplifier) for a 5G mobile phone should achieve good linearity with standalone operation. In this paper, AM (Amplitude Modulation)-AM/PM (Phase Modulation) characteristics of a single-stage PA of HBT (Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor) is analyzed. A single-stage PA was assigned a linear equivalent circuit for each output power level, and the element values were expressed in a model that varies with output power. The change in AM-AM/PM characteristics when the signal source impedance and load impedance were changed using this model were calculated. As a result, it was found that there is a region where AM-AM/PM distortion can be reduced when the reactance of the signal source impedance is positive, and the reactance of the load impedance is negative.
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Keyword(in English) Mobile phone / Power amplifier / Heterojunction bipolar transistor / Non-linear / LTE / 5G / Load Pull / Source Pull
Paper # CAS2020-3,VLD2020-3,SIP2020-19,MSS2020-3
Date of Issue 2020-06-11 (CAS, VLD, SIP, MSS)

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Committee MSS / CAS / SIP / VLD
Conference Date 2020/6/18(1days)
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Place (in English) Online Meetig
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Chair Shigemasa Takai(Osaka Univ.) / Yasuhiro Takashima(Univ. of Kitakyushu) / Naoyuki Aikawa(TUS) / Daisuke Fukuda(Fujitsu Labs.)
Vice Chair Atsuo Ozaki(Osaka Inst. of Tech.) / Hiroki Sato(Sony LSI Design) / Kazunori Hayashi(Osaka City Univ) / Yukihiro Bandou(NTT) / Kazutoshi Kobayashi(Kyoto Inst. of Tech.)
Secretary Atsuo Ozaki(Setsunan Univ.) / Hiroki Sato(Hokkaido Univ.) / Kazunori Hayashi(Yamanashi Univ.) / Yukihiro Bandou(Sony LSI Design) / Kazutoshi Kobayashi(Hiroshima Univ.)
Assistant Naoki Hayashi(Osaka Univ.) / Motoi Yamaguchi(TECHNOPRO) / Yohei Nakamura(Hitachi) / Kenjiro Sugimoto(Waseda Univ.) / Kazuki Ikeda(Hitachi)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Mathematical Systems Science and its applications / Technical Committee on Circuits and Systems / Technical Committee on Signal Processing / Technical Committee on VLSI Design Technologies
Language JPN
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Title (in English) A Study on AM-AM/PM Characteristics of RF Power Amplifiers
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Mobile phone
Keyword(2) Power amplifier
Keyword(3) Heterojunction bipolar transistor
Keyword(4) Non-linear
Keyword(5) LTE
Keyword(6) 5G
Keyword(7) Load Pull
Keyword(8) Source Pull
1st Author's Name Satoshi Tanaka
1st Author's Affiliation Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.(Murata Manufacturing)
Date 2020-06-18
Paper # CAS2020-3,VLD2020-3,SIP2020-19,MSS2020-3
Volume (vol) vol.120
Number (no) CAS-65,VLD-66,SIP-67,MSS-68
Page pp.pp.11-16(CAS), pp.11-16(VLD), pp.11-16(SIP), pp.11-16(MSS),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2020-06-11 (CAS, VLD, SIP, MSS)