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A Watt-Level Quadrature Class-G Switched-Capacitor Power Amplifier With Lineariz
基于Class-G IQ-cell-shared SCPA和电压失配补偿技术的30.1dBm正交发射机,实现瓦级输出功率。
30.1dBm峰值输出功率,37.0%系统效率,802.11g 64-QAM OFDM信号下EVM为-40.7dB
Class-G SCPA正交发射机电压失配补偿合并单元切换瓦级输出功率
▸创新点1:Class-G IQ-cell-shared SCPA(电路创新) - 通过共享IQ单元的Class-G开关电容功率放大器(SCPA)结构,实现了高效的功率放大和信号处理,显著提升了系统效率(SE)至37.0%,同时支持30.1 dBm的输出功率。
▸创新点2:电压失配补偿技术(方法创新) - 针对多电源电压系统中的电压失配问题,提出了一种线性化技术,有效减少了失真,使得在802.11g 64-QAM OFDM信号下实现了-40.7 dB的误差向量幅度(EVM)。
▸创新点3:合并单元切换技术(MCS)(系统创新) - 结合向量幅度切换(VAS)和向量相位切换(VPS),实现了Class-G操作和向量信息的保留,进一步提升了系统效率,并在20-MHz单载波256-QAM信号下实现了18.3%的SE。
▸创新点4:功率组合变压器与时域插值技术(系统创新) - 通过功率组合变压器将两个SCPA耦合,实现了瓦级输出功率,同时使用时域插值技术最小化了频谱镜像,提升了信号质量。
Abstract
A 30.1-dBm quadrature transmitter is implemented
based on Class-G IQ-cell-shared switched-capacitor power ampli-
fier (SCPA) and voltage mismatch compensation techniques
for dual-supply voltage in a Class-G SCPA. For the Class-G
operation in the IQ-cell-shared quadrature SCPA, a merged cell
switching (MCS) technique comprising vector amplitude switch-
ing (V AS) and vector phase switching (VPS) is proposed. The V AS
boosts system efficiency (SE) by enabling the Class-G operation
with multiple supp