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A Highly Efficiency CLass-F Power Amplifier Using The Spiral PBG(Photonic Bandgap) Structure  

Kim, Sun-Young (Information and Telecommunication Engineering, Soongsil University)
Seo, Chul-Hun (Information and Telecommunication Engineering, Soongsil University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC / v.45, no.9, 2008 , pp. 49-54 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, the power added efficiency(PAE) of class F power amplifier is improved by applying a new Photonic Bandgap (PBG) structure on the output of amplifier. The proposed spiral PBG structure is a two-dimensional (2-D) periodic lattice patterned on a dielectric slab that does not require nonplanar fabrication process. This structure bas higher suppression performance at second harmonic. Also, It has a sharp skirt property. This new PBG structure can be applied with class F power amplifier for efficiency improvement. We obtained the PAE of 73.62 % for CDMA applications, and the PAE performance is improved as much as 6.2 % compared with that of a conventional class F power amplifier.
Keywords
class F power amplifier; Photonic Bandgap(PBG); high efficiency; harmonic control;
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