RF and mm-wave power generation in silicon / edited by Hua Wang, Kaushik Sengupta ; contributors, David J. Allstot [and thirty-five others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allstot, David J., contributor.

Sengupta, Kaushik, editor.

Wang, Hua, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Millimeter wave devices.

Silicon--Electric properties.

Silicon.

Millimeter wave communication systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (578 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Academic Press, 2016.

Summary:

RF and mm-Wave Power Generation in Silicon presents the challenges and solutions of designing power amplifiers at RF and mm-Wave frequencies in a silicon-based process technology. It covers practical power amplifier design methodologies, energy- and spectrum-efficient power amplifier design examples in the RF frequency for cellular and wireless connectivity applications, and power amplifier and power generation designs for enabling new communication and sensing applications in the mm-Wave and THz frequencies.With this book you will learn:- Power amplifier design fundamentals and methodologies- Latest advances in silicon-based RF power amplifier architectures and designs and their integration in wireless communication systems- State-of-the-art mm-Wave/THz power amplifier and power generation circuits and systems in silicon- Extensive coverage from fundamentals to advanced design topics, focusing on various layers of abstraction: from device modeling and circuit design strategy to advanced digital and mixed-signal architectures for highly efficient and linear power amplifiers- New architectures for power amplifiers in the cellar and wireless connectivity covering detailed design methodologies and state-of-the-art performances- Detailed design techniques, trade-off analysis and design examples for efficiency enhancement at power back-off and linear amplification for spectrally-efficient non-constant envelope modulations- Extensive coverage of mm-Wave power-generation techniques from the early days of the 60 GHz research to current state-of the-art reconfigurable, digital mm-Wave PA architectures- Detailed analysis of power generation challenges in the higher mm-Wave and THz frequencies and novel technical solutions for a wide range for potential applications, including ultrafast wireless communication to sensing, imaging and spectroscopy- Contributions from the world-class experts from both academia and industry

Contents:

Front Cover; RF and mm-Wave Power Generation in Silicon; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Biography; Acknowledgment; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What Are the Key PA Performance Metrics?; 1.1.1 PA Output Power; 1.1.2 PA Power Efficiency; 1.1.3 PA Linearity; 1.1.4 PA Robustness to Antenna Load Variations; 1.2 Unique Advantages of Silicon-Based PAs; 1.3 Silicon-Based mm-Wave and THz Signal Generation-A New Frontier; References; I. Power amplifier design methodologies; 2 Power amplifier fundamentals; 2.1 Power Generation and Power Matching; 2.1.1 I-V Curve and Power Generation Capability

2.5.1 Ideal Design Formula of Class E Amplifier2.5.2 Real Operation of Class-E Amplifier; 2.5.3 Operation of the Class E PA Beyond Maximum Operation Frequency; Reference; Further Reading; II. RF Power Amplifier Design Examples; 3 CMOS power amplifier design for wireless connectivity applications: a highly linear WLAN power amplifier in advanced SoC CMOS; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Design Considerations of Class-AB PA for WLAN; 3.3 Circuit Architecture and Layout Structure; 3.4 Shielded Concentric Transformers; 3.5 Circuit Implementations

5 Energy-efficiency enhancement and linear amplifications: a transformer-based Doherty approach5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Optimization of SCT Transformer-Based Doherty Power Amplifiers; 5.2.1 Optimization of 1:1 Transformers; 5.2.2 Optimization of Series-Combining Transformers (SCT) for Doherty Operation; 5.2.2.1 Analysis of SCTs at back-off; 5.2.2.2 Load modulation in SCT transformer-based Doherty PAs; 5.2.2.3 Optimization of SCT transformer-based Doherty PAs; 5.3 Implementation of SCT Transformer-Based Doherty Power Amplifier for WLAN Applications; 5.4 Measurement Results; 5.5 Conclusion

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 29, 2015).

ISBN:

9780124095229

0124095224

OCLC:

932124494