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ABSTRACT
This paper presents a new high-efficiency two-way Doherty Power Amplifier (DPA) with a modified output matching structure for Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) low-to-medium power base station applications. A blended design is proposed using the symmetrical topology of equal rated power amplifying devices with unequal output impedances for the carrier and peaking amplifier to achieve enhanced efficiency and desired linearity in 1900 MHz band. The proposed output circuit modifications encompass the usage of parasitic capacitor compensation technique for the carrier amplifier, optimum offset line along with the Doherty combiner to achieve high efficiency over 6 to 10 dB extended range of back-off operation. The measured results of the DPA demonstrate a Power Added Efficiency (PAE) of more than 49.9% at +34 dBm W-CDMA signal power, which is between 8 and 8.5 dB back-off from the peak power level of 42.2 dBm. The DPA has a large signal power gain of 13 dB at 1960 MHz. Further, the PAE is 39.5% and linearised Adjacent Channel Power Ratio (ACPR) is −46.2 dBc, both at 10 dB back-off from peak power. In these back-off power levels, this implementation provides significant efficiency improvement using symmetrical devices and with excellent linearity.
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