Xiaopan Chen;Yongle Wu;Zhuoyin Chen;Moushu Yang;Shuchen Zhen;Weimin Wang
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Fully Integrated GaAs MMIC Bandpass Filtering Power Amplifier Chip With Compact Couple-Line-Based Matching Network
This letter presents a novel bandpass filtering power amplifier (FPA) structure featuring a dc-block input matching network (IMN), which utilizes a filtering impedance transformer consisting of two cascaded coupled-lines, a short-circuit coupled-line (SCCL), and a parallel resonator (PR). The SCCL generates transmission zeros (TZs) near the passband, enabling sharp roll-off characteristics. The PR enhances filtering response while occupying minimal circuit area. For verification, a monolithic microwave-integrated circuit (MMIC) FPA using 0.25-$\mu $ m GaAs process was designed and fabricated, implementing serpentine routing for a highly compact layout. The measurement results demonstrate 30-dB out-of-band rejection, 27-dBm output power, and 46%–55% drain efficiency (DE) in 9–11 GHz. The adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) is lower than −48.4 dBc with digital predistortion (DPD) using a 60-MHz 64-QAM 5G-NR signal.