Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology (한국항행학회논문지)

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Design of High Efficiency Switching Mode Class E Power Amplifier and Transmitter for 2.45 GHz ISM Band

2.45 GHz ISM대역 고효율 스위칭모드 E급 전력증폭기 및 송신부 설계

  • Go, Seok-Hyeon (Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Incheon National University) ;
  • Koo, Kyung-Heon (Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Incheon National University)
  • Received : 2020.03.09
  • Accepted : 2020.04.21
  • Published : 2020.04.30
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Abstract

A power amplifier of 2.4 GHz ISM band is designed to implement a transmitter system. High efficiency amplifiers can be implemented as class E or class F amplifiers. This study has designed a 20 W high efficiency class E amplifier that has simple circuit structure in order to utilize for the ISM band application. The impedance matching circuit was designed by class E design theory and circuit simulation. The designed amplifier has the output power of 44.2 dBm and the power added efficiency of 69% at 2.45 GHz. In order to apply 30 dBm input power to the designed power amplifier, voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and driving amplifier have been fabricated for the input feeding circuit. The measurement of the power amplifier shows 43.2 dBm output and 65% power added efficiency. This study can be applied to the design of power amplifiers for various wireless communication systems such as wireless power transfer, radio jamming device and high power transmitter.

2.4 GHz ISM대역 전력증폭기를 설계하고 송신 시스템을 구현하였다. 고효율 증폭기는 E급이나 F급 증폭기로 구현 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 회로 구조가 간단한 E급으로 20 W 급 고효율 증폭기를 설계하여 ISM 대역 응용에 적용하도록 하였다. E급 회로 설계이론 및 회로 시뮬레이션을 통해 임피던스 정합회로를 설계하였으며 2.45 GHz에서 출력전력 44.2 dBm 및 전력부가효율 69%를 얻었다. 설계된 전력증폭기에 30 dBm의 입력전력을 인가하기 위하여 앞단에 전압제어발진기와 구동증폭기를 제작하여 입력전력 공급회로를 구현하였고, 제작한 전력증폭기는 43.2 dBm 출력 및 65%의 전력부가효율 특성을 나타내었다. 본 연구결과는 무선전력전송, 전파차단장치, 고출력 송신장치 등 다양한 무선통신시스템용 출력 전력증폭기 설계에 활용될 수 있다.

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