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Power Amplifier Design using the Novel PBG Structure for Linearity Improvement and Size Reduction

선형성 개선과 크기 축소를 위한 새로운 PBG 구조를 이용한 전력증폭기 설계

  • Choi, Jae-Won (Information and Telecommunication Engineering, Soongsil University) ;
  • Seo, Chul-Hun (Information and Telecommunication Engineering, Soongsil University)
  • 최재원 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부) ;
  • 서철헌 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부)
  • Published : 2007.07.25
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Abstract

This paper presents a novel photonic bandgap (PBG) structure for size reduction and linearity improvement in power amplifier. The proposed structure is a two-dimensional (2-D) periodic lattice patterned on a dielectric slab that does not require nonplanar fabrication process. Throughout the experi-mental results, this structure has more broad stopband and high suppression performance than conventional three cell PBG and distorted uniplanar compact-PBG (DUC-PBG). This new PBG structure can be applied with power amplifier for linearity improvement. The 3rd intermodulation distortion (IMD3) of the power amplifier using new PBG structure is -36.16 dBc for (code division multiple access) CDMA applications. Compared with power amplifier without the proposed PBG structure, improved IMD3 is -13.49 dBc.

본 논문은 전력증폭기의 크기를 줄이고 선형성을 개선하기 위한 새로운 광전자밴드갭 (PBG) 구조를 제시하였다. 제안된 구조는 비평면 제조 공정을 요구하지 않는 유전체 판위에 패턴을 뜬 2차원의 규칙적인 격자이다. 실험 결과를 통해서 보면, 이 구조는 접지 평면에 세 개의 셀을 식각시킨 기본적인 PBG와 distorted uniplanar compact_PBG (DUC_PBG)보다 더 넓은 저지대역과 더 높은 저지 특성을 갖는다. 이 새로운 PBG 구조는 선형성 개선을 위하여 전력증폭기에 적용되어 질 수 있다. 새로운 PBG 구조를 이용한 전력증폭기의 3차 혼변조 왜곡 (IMD3)은 코드분할 다중접속 (CDMA) 응용에서 -36.16 dBc이다. 제안된 PBG 구조가 없는 전력증폭기와 비교했을 때, 개선된 IMD3는 -13.49 dBc이다.

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