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2018-08-07
Broadband Class-j /F-1 Continuum Mode Design Utilizing Harmonic Efficiency Selectivity Circuit
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Gideon Naah,

    Mr. Gideon Naah

    School of Electronic Engineering

    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

    China

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Songbai He,

    Dr. Songbai He

    School of Electronic Engineering

    University of Electronic Science and Technology

    China

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Weimin Shi,

    Dr. Weimin Shi

    School of Electronic Engineering

    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

    China

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Bin Song,

    Dr. Bin Song

    School of Electronic Engineering

    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

    China

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Tian Qi,

    Dr. Tian Qi

    School of Electronic Engineering

    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

    China

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Shaddrack Yaw Nusenu

    Dr. Shaddrack Yaw Nusenu

    Electrical/Electronics Engineering Department

    Koforidua Technical University (KTU)

    Ghana

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 71, 169-178, 2018
doi:10.2528/PIERM18060207 | Google Scholar

Abstract
This paper proposes a harmonic efficiency selectivity circuit (HESC) for achieving a broadband Class-J/F-1 continuum mode power amplifier (PA) with enhanced efficiency. Design equations are derived through continuum mode condition analysis and are used in implementing the HESC. The implemented HESC topology is then used in attaining the broadband Class-J/F-1 continuum mode PA. A theoretical parameter termed harmonic-alpha (ρh) acting as a sub-unit structure in HESC is introduced. Considering harmonic losses, ρh possesses a lookup table containing information on the harmonics. ρh operates in unison with the HESC in selecting the suitable harmonics with the best efficiencies. With ρh, the relationship among the HESC, the optimal impedance at the device's drain, and the terminal load impedance is defined for a greater freedom of harmonic impedance solutions space, efficiency improvement, and bandwidth extension, thus, indicating an increased flexibility in the design of broadband continuum mode PAs. This method is validated with a realized PA prototype operating from 1.3 to 2.4 GHz corresponding to a fractional bandwidth of 59.5%. The experimental results under continuous wave signals indicate that 79% peak efficiency, 42.68 dBm peak output power, and 16.96 dB peak gain are recorded. Moreover, at 1.7 GHz, when being tested with modulated signals at an average output power of 34.83 dBm, the lower and higher adjacent channel power ratios (ACPRs) without digital predistortion (DPD) are -34.9 dBc and -33.9 dBc, respectively, and a drain effifficiency (DE) of 45% is recorded. With DPD, -50.8 dBc and -50.3 dBc are respectively obtained at lower and higher ACPRs at an average output power of 34.6 dBm, and a DE of 44% is achieved.
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Gideon Naah, Songbai He, Weimin Shi, Bin Song, Tian Qi, and Shaddrack Yaw Nusenu, "Broadband Class-j /F-1 Continuum Mode Design Utilizing Harmonic Efficiency Selectivity Circuit," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 71, 169-178, 2018.
doi:10.2528/PIERM18060207
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