Analysis and design of class-B dual fed distributed power amplifiers

IEE Proceedings: Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 104-108

  Eccleston, K W ^a   Kyaw, O ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAIN EFFICIENCY; DUAL-FED DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIERS;

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY; TRANSISTORS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 1842426890     PISSN: 13502417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-map:20040174     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (19)

1. Bialkowski, M.E.: 'Power combiners and dividers', Webster, J.G. (ed.): 'Wiley Encyclopaedia of Electrical and Electronic Engineering' (John Wiley & Sons, 1999), Vol. 16, pp. 585-602
2. Eccleston, K.W.: 'Output power performance of dual-fed and single-fed distributed amplifiers', Microw. Opt. Techol. Lett., 2000, 27, (4), pp. 281-284
3. Walker, J.L.B.: 'Some observations on the design and performance of distributed amplifiers', IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., 1992, 40, (1), pp. 164-168
4. Ross, M., Harrison, R.G., and Surridge, R.K.: 'Taper and forward-feed in GaAs MMIC distributed amplifiers'. Proc. IEEE Int. Microwave Symp. Dig. MTT-S, 1989, pp. 1039-1042
5. Campovecchio, M., Le Bras, B., Hilal, R., Lajugie, M., and Obregon, J.: 'Large signal design method of distributed power amplifiers applied to a 2-18 GHz GaAs chip exhibiting high power density performances', Int. J. Microw. Millim.-Wave Comput.-Aided Engg, 1996, 6, (4), pp. 259-269
6. Duperrier, C., Campovecchio, M., Roussel, L., Lajugie, M., and Quere, R.: 'New design method of uniform and nonuniform distributed power amplifiers', IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., 2001, 49, (12), pp. 2494-2500
7. Aitchison, C.S., Bukhari, N., Law, C., and Nazoa-Ruiz, N.: 'The dual-fed distributed amplifier'. Proc. IEEE Int. Microwave Symp. Dig. MTT-S, 1988, pp. 911-914
8. D'Augustino, S., and Paoloni, C.: 'Power distributed amplifier with input-output combiners', Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett., 1994, 7, (7), pp. 312-315
9. Botterill, A., and Aitchison, C.S.: 'Effect of hybrids on gain performance of dual-fed distributed amplfiers', Electron. Lett., 1994, 30, (13), pp. 1067-1068
10. Eccleston, K.W.: 'Design Considerations for the dual-fed distributed power amplifier'. Proc. Asia-Pacific Microwave Conf., 2000, pp. 205-208
11. Eccleston, K.W.: 'Design and performance of a balanced single-ended dual-fed distributed power amplifier', Proc. Asia-Pacific Microwave Conf., Sydney, Australia, 2001, pp. 1187-1190
12. Moazzam, M.R., and Aitchison, C.S.: 'A high gain dual-fed single stage distributed amplifier'. Proc. IEEE/MTT-S Int. Microw. Symp. MTT'94, 1994, pp. 1409-1412
13. Eccleston, K.W., and Kyaw, O.: 'FET power combining with the use of the balanced single-ended dual-fed distributed amplifier approach', Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett., 2002, 35, (1), pp. 42-45
14. Kyaw, O., and Eccleston, K.W.: 'Class-B balanced single-ended dual-fed distributed power amplifier'. Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on Microwave and millimeter-wave technology (ICMMT2002), Beijing, China, 17-19 August 2002, pp. 919-922
15. Eccleston, K.W., and Kyaw, O.: 'Design of a dual-fed distributed power amplifier using artificial transmission lines'. Presented at the Progress in electromagnetics research symp. (PIERS2003), Singapore, 7-10 Jan 2003, pp. 218
16. Fujitsu Microwave Semiconductor Databook, Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor Inc., San Jose USA, 1997. See also: http://www.fujitsu.com for latest information
17. Cammacho-Penalosa, C., and Aitchison, C.S.: 'Modelling frequency dependence of output impedance of a microwave MESFET at low frequencies', Electron. Lett., 1985, 21, (13), pp. 528-529
18. Walker, J.L.B. (ed.): 'High-power GaAs FET amplifiers' (Artech House, 1993), pp. 147-188
19. Kangaslahti, P., Alinikula, P., and Porra, V.: 'Monolithic artificial transmission line balanced frequency doublers'. Proc. 27th Microw. Conf., Jerusalem, Israel, 1997, pp. 219-224