Outphase power amplifiers in OFDM systems

A trade-off between linearity and efficiency exists in conventional power amplifiers. The outphase amplifying concept overcomes this trade-off by enabling the use of high efficiency, non-linear power amplifiers for linear amplification. An amplitude modulated signal is first decomposed into two constant amplitude, phase modulated signals that can be amplified using two high efficiency switching power amplifiers. The two outputs are then recombined to restore the original amplitude modulated signal. In this manner, an outphase power amplifier can simultaneously achieve high efficiency and good linearity. This thesis investigates the capability of the outphase amplifying technique in modern wireless communication. First, a digital amplitude-to-phase conversion scheme is proposed to facilitate the outphase decomposition. By taking advantage of the available computational power in current digital technology, the amplitude-to-phase conversion can be implemented with both accuracy and efficiency in the digital domain. A proof-of-concept outphase power amplifier is fabricated using the IBM 7WL SiGe BiCMOS process technology.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• Phạm, Anh D., 1974-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Charles G. Sodini.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35285

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/35285