• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.287-290
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• 2006

A class-E CMOS RF(Radio frequency) power amplifier with a 1.8 Volt power supply is designed using $0.25{\mu}m$ standard CMOS technology. To drive the class-E power amplifier, a Class-F RF power amplifier is used and the reliability characteristics are studied with a class-E load network. After one year of operating the power amplifier with an RF choke, the PAE(Power Added Efficiency) decreases from 60% to 47% and the output power decreases 29%. However, when a finite DC-feed inductor is used with the load, the PAE decreases from 60% to 53% and the output power decreases only 19%. The simulated results demonstrate that the class-E power amplifier with a finite DC-feed inductor exhibits superior reliability characteristics.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.154-157
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• 2008

A class-E RF(Radio Frequency) power amplifier for wireless application is designed using standard CMOS technology. To drive the class-E power amplifier, a class-F RF power amplifier is used and the reliability characteristics are studied with a class-E load network. The reliability characteristic is improved when a finite-DC feed inductor is used instead of an RF choke with the load. After one year of operating, when the load is an RF choke the output current and voltage of the power amplifier decrease about 17% compared to initial values. But when the load is a finite DC-feed inductor the output current and voltage decrease 9.7%. The S-parameter such as input reflection coefficient(S11) and the forward transmission scattering parameter(S21) is simulated with the stress time. In a finite DC-feed inductor the characteristics of S-parameter are changed slightly compared to an RF-choke inductor. From the simulation results, the class-E power amplifier with a finite DC-feed inductor shows superior reliability characteristics compared to power amplifier using an RF choke.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.161-165
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• 2011

In this paper, a high-efficiency DC-AC converter is used for wireless energy transmission. The DC-AC convertter is implemented by combining the oscillator and power amplifier. Given that the conversion efficiency of a DC-AC converter is strongly affected by the efficiency of the power amplifier, a high-efficiency power amplifier is implemented using a class-E amplifier structure. Also, because of the low output power of the oscillator connected to the input stage of the power amplifier, a high-gain two-stage power amplifier using a drive amplifier is used to realize a high-output power DC-AC converter. The high-efficiency DC-AC converter is realized by connecting the oscillator to the input stage of the high-gain high-efficiency two-stage class-E power amplifier. The output power and the conversion efficiency of the DC-AC converter are 40.83 dBm and 87.32 %, respectively, at an operation frequency of 13.56 MHz.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.250-255
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• 2018

This paper presents a method for minimizing standby power consumption in wireless power transfer (WPT) system via magnetic resonance coupling (MRC) that operates at 6.78 MHz. The proposed circuit controls the required capacitance according to operational condition in order to reduce standby power consumption. Based on an impedance characteristic of the class-E power amplifier, operational principles of the proposed circuit are analyzed. Moreover, to verify the effectiveness of the proposed class-E power amplifier, an 8 W prototype for WPT system is implemented. The measured input power of the proposed class-E power amplifier at standby condition is reduced from 5.81 W to 3.53 W.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.68-71
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• 2006

A class-E power amplifier is designed using 0.25$\mu$m standard CNMOS technology at 900MHz and the reliability characteristics are studied with the load network. The reliability characteristics is improved when a finite DC-feed inductor is used instead of RF choke. At the one you halt, the PAE(Power Added Efficiency) decreases from 58.0$\%$ to 35.7$\%$ and output power decreases from 120mW to 74mW in power amplifier using RF choke. However, when a finite DC-feed inductor is used with load the PAE decreases from 58.5$\%$ to 54.8$\%$ and output power decreases from 121mW to 112mW. From the simulated results, the class-E power amplifier with a finite DC-feed inductor shows superior reliability characteristics compared to rower amplifier using RF choke inductor.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2004년도 학술대회지
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• pp.499-502
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• 2004

A two-stage Class E power amplifier operated at 2.44GHz is designed in 0.25-$\mu$m CMOS process for Class-l Bluetooth application. The power amplifier employs c1ass-E topology to exploit its soft-switching property for high efficiency. A preamplifter with common-mode configuration is used to drive the output-stage of Class-E type. The amplifier delivers 20-dBm output power with 70$\%$ PAE (power -added-efficiency) at 2-V supply voltage.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.221-227
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• 2017

A new approach to designing a broadband and highly efficient class-E power amplifier based on nonlinear shunt capacitance analysis is proposed. The nonlinear shunt capacitance method accurately extracts optimum class-E power amplifier parameters, including an external shunt capacitance and an output impedance, at different frequencies. The dependence of the former parameter on the frequency is considered to select an optimal value of external shunt capacitor. Then, upon determining the latter parameter, an output matching network is optimized to obtain the highest efficiency across the bandwidth of interest. An analytical approach is presented to design the broadband class-E power amplifier of a MOSFET transistor. The proposed method is experimentally verified by a 140-170 MHz class-E power amplifier design with maximum added power efficiency of 82% and output power of 34 dBm.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.295-300
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 블루투스 Class-1에 응용 가능한 중심주파수 2.4CHz의 2단 Class E 전력 증폭기를 설계하였다. 전력 증폭기는 고효율 특성을 위해 소프트-스위칭을 하는 Class E로 설계하였다. 증폭기 가 포함된 래치-구조의 구동증폭기는 다음단의 전력 증폭기를 소프트-스위칭 모드로 동작시키기 위해 빠른 상승시간과 하강시간의 출력신호를 만든다. 이 구조는 전력 증폭기의 효율특성을 개선시킨다. 제안한 전력 증폭기는 65.8$\%$의 전력부가효율, 20dBm의 출력전력과 20dB의 전력이득을 나타낸다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제45권12호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 전력증폭기의 입력신호의 크기에 따라 CMOS class-E 전력증폭기의 게이트와 드레인의 바이어스 전압을 조절함으로써 낮은 출력전력에서도 80% 이상의 고효율 특성을 갖는 CMOS class-E 전력증폭기를 설계하였다. 입력신호의 포락선을 검파하여 전력증폭기의 바이어스 전압을 조절하는 방법을 이용하였고, 동작주파수는 2.14GHz, 출력전력은 22dBm에서 25dBm, 전력부가효율은 모든 입력전력레벨에서 80.15%에서 82.96%의 특성을 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.107-114
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• 2020

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.