{"title":"A fully-integrated ultra-wideband power amplifier in CMOS Silicon on Sapphire technology","authors":"S. Helmi, Jie Cui, S. Mohammadi","doi":"10.1109/SIRF.2016.7445487","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A fully-integrated ultra-wideband power amplifier (PA) for multi-mode multi-band applications is designed and implemented in a standard 0.25 μm Ultra-CMOS Silicon-on-Sapphire (SOS) technology. The PA consists of two series stacked Cascode configuration to achieve high output power while maintaining stability. The PA utilizes stacked transistor switches at the input to extend the operation bandwidth without affecting its saturated output power. The PA delivers a saturated output power (PSAT) of 27 dBm (0.5 W) over a frequency range of 1.8 to 3.4 GHz with power added efficiency (PAE) and drain efficiency (DE) of higher than 20% and 29% at a supply voltage of 7 V, respectively.","PeriodicalId":138697,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 16th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2016 IEEE 16th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIRF.2016.7445487","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A fully-integrated ultra-wideband power amplifier (PA) for multi-mode multi-band applications is designed and implemented in a standard 0.25 μm Ultra-CMOS Silicon-on-Sapphire (SOS) technology. The PA consists of two series stacked Cascode configuration to achieve high output power while maintaining stability. The PA utilizes stacked transistor switches at the input to extend the operation bandwidth without affecting its saturated output power. The PA delivers a saturated output power (PSAT) of 27 dBm (0.5 W) over a frequency range of 1.8 to 3.4 GHz with power added efficiency (PAE) and drain efficiency (DE) of higher than 20% and 29% at a supply voltage of 7 V, respectively.