Broadband and Energy-Efficient Power Amplifier Architectures

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dc.contributor.advisorGhannouchi, Fadhel
dc.contributor.authorAkbarpour, Mohammadhassan
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-02T23:30:39Z
dc.date.embargolift2017-02-01T23:30:39Z
dc.date.issued2015-02-02
dc.date.submitted2015en
dc.description.abstractIn this dissertation, power amplifier circuits and architectures are proposed that provide high efficiency for spectral-efficient high peak-to-average power ratio signals that are being used in modern communications systems. Using the proposed amplifier architectures and circuits high efficiency can be achieved in large frequency bandwidth. The TLLM (Transformer-Less Load-Modulated) amplifier proposed in this dissertation is an amplifier that has similar efficiency performance to the Doherty amplifier, while it does not utilize any power combiner at the output. In the proposed TLLM amplifier, the two amplifier branches are connected directly together and provide high efficiency for high PAPR (Peak-to-Average Power Ratio) signals. A complete analysis is given for designing the two amplifier branches in the TLLM amplifier and a complete and comprehensive design procedure is provided for designing broadband TLLM amplifiers. Three different amplifier prototypes are also implemented using the TLLM architecture showing its performance and capability. The second architecture proposed in this dissertation is a Doherty amplifier that utilizes three-port input and output networks. The analysis and flexible design procedure for designing a Doherty amplifier with three-port input/output networks is provided. The proposed analysis and design procedure can be used to design a Doherty amplifier with any output power ratio from the branches, and power division between the branch inputs. The proposed amplifier eliminates the need for any impedance inverter and offset lines at the input or output of the amplifier. In the next part, a new biasing technique is proposed for transistors. It is shown that using this new biasing, transistors exhibit completely different behaviors from the conventionally biased transistors that can be used for different purposes. Two of the applications are studied in this dissertation. First, a multi-branch amplifier is presented which can provide Doherty-like efficiency in a very large bandwidth. The second application is a linearizing driver amplifier. It is shown that using the proposed biasing scheme, a controlled amount of gain expansion can be achieved. The gain expansion can be used to compensate for the gain compression of the conventional power amplifiers to improve the amplifier's linearity without the need for additional linearizing circuitry or digital pre-distortion.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationAkbarpour, M. (2015). Broadband and Energy-Efficient Power Amplifier Architectures (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25169en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25169
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2055
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEngineering--Electronics and Electrical
dc.subject.classificationPower Amplifieren_US
dc.subject.classificationBroadbanden_US
dc.subject.classificationHigh-Efficiencyen_US
dc.subject.classificationPAPRen_US
dc.subject.classificationDohertyen_US
dc.titleBroadband and Energy-Efficient Power Amplifier Architectures
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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