14.1 A 0.9V 20.9dBm 22.3%-PAE E-band power amplifier with broadband parallel-series power combiner in 40nm CMOS

作者: Dixian Zhao , Patrick Reynaert

DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC.2014.6757420

关键词: Power bandwidthCMOSPower (physics)Electronic engineeringBroadbandAmplifierPhysicsRF power amplifierE bandPower dividers and directional couplersElectrical engineering

摘要: This paper reports a fully integrated 40nm CMOS PA that utilizes broadband parallel-series power combiner to achieve an output (POUT) of 20.9dBm with more than 15GHz small-signal 3dB bandwidth (BW-3dB) and 22% PAE at 0.9V supply. The in-band variation P1dB is only ±0.25dB. silicon-based covers both 71-to-76GHz 81-to-86GHz bands uniform gain, PAE.

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