A Wideband 60 GHz Class-E/F2 Power Amplifier in 40nm CMOS

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Babaie, Masoud [1 ]
Staszewski, Robert Bogdan [1 ,2 ]
Galatro, Luca [1 ]
Spirito, Marco [1 ]
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[1] Delft Univ Technol, NL-2600 AA Delft, Netherlands
[2] Univ Coll Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Power amplifier; mm-wave; class-E/F-2; switched-mode; transformer; PA stability;
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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This paper presents a fully integrated 60 GHz power amplifier in 40nm CMOS that reaches the highest reported product of power-added efficiency and bandwidth. It is achieved through low/moderate coupling-factor transformers in the preliminary stages and a proper second harmonic termination of the output stage, such that it can operate as a class-E/F-2 switched-mode PA at the saturation point. The three-stage PA delivers 17.9dBm saturated output power with 20% peak PAE. It demonstrates a bandwidth of 9.7 GHz with a peak gain of 21.6 dB.
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页码:215 / 218
页数:4
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