EDGE Power Amplifier ACPR Improvement with Inter-Stage Pre- and Postdistortion Linearization
Conference: GeMIC 2008 - German Microwave Conference
03/10/2008 - 03/12/2008 at Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Proceedings: GeMIC 2008
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Ibrahim, Irfan; Heuermann, Holger (Department of High Frequency Technologies, University of Applied Science Aachen)
Abstract:
This paper presents the design, optimization, and measured performance of linearized EDGE power amplifier. The linearization is obtained with inter-stage postdistortion and interstage predistortion networks implemented in three-stage EDGE power amplifier. Simulations are performed to characterize PA inter-modulation (IM) distortion and their improvements with the proposed linearization network. The proposed linearized PA was fabricated in HBT technology. The measurement results showed a strong influence of linearization network on PA gain flatness and an improvement of 2.5 dB was achieved in the ACPR performance.