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La technologie de suivi d'enveloppe (ET) offre la possibilité d'atteindre un rendement élevé dans les amplificateurs de puissance (PA) avec des signaux à rapport crête/moyenne (PAR) élevés. Les amplificateurs d'enveloppe offrant une haute fidélité, un rendement élevé et une large bande passante sont des composants essentiels pour l'application généralisée du suivi d'enveloppe. Cet article présente la conception d'un convertisseur abaisseur à commutation assistée linéaire destiné à être utilisé dans un amplificateur d'enveloppe. Pour exploiter efficacement le rendement élevé des convertisseurs abaisseurs et les capacités à large bande passante des amplificateurs linéaires, une combinaison parallèle de ces deux dispositifs est utilisée dans ce travail. Un nouveau contrôleur à temps constant (COT) à détection de courant est proposé pour coordonner cette alimentation hybride. La combinaison permet principalement au convertisseur de commutation de fournir la puissance moyenne requise par le PA avec un rendement élevé, tandis que l'amplificateur linéaire à large bande fournit une large plage de tensions dynamiques. La technique améliore l'efficacité de l'amplificateur d'enveloppe, en particulier pour les applications nécessitant un PAR élevé avec des signaux à bande passante plus large. La mesure de l'amplificateur d'enveloppe a montré une efficacité d'environ 77 % avec une puissance de sortie de 10 W utilisant des signaux de liaison descendante LTE. Le système ET global a été démontré à l’aide d’un GaN PA. L'efficacité moyenne mesurée en puissance ajoutée de l'amplificateur a atteint plus de 45 % pour un signal modulé LTE avec une bande passante de 20 MHz et un PAR de 8.0 dB, avec une puissance de sortie moyenne de 5 W et un gain de 10.1 dB. L'erreur RMS normalisée mesurée est inférieure à 2.1 % avec un taux de fuite dans les canaux adjacents de -48 dBc à une fréquence décalée de 20 MHz.
Deng-Fong LU
National Central University
Chin HSIA
National Central University
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Deng-Fong LU, Chin HSIA, "Design of a Wideband Constant-on-Time Control Envelope Amplifier for Wireless Basestation Envelope Tracking Power Amplifiers" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics,
vol. E102-C, no. 10, pp. 707-716, October 2019, doi: 10.1587/transele.2019MMP0008.
Abstract: Envelope tracking (ET) technology provides the potential for achieving high efficiency in power amplifiers (PAs) with high peak-to-average ratio (PAR) signals. Envelope amplifiers with high fidelity, high efficiency, and wide bandwidth are critical components for the widespread application of envelope tracking. This paper presents the design of a linear-assisted switching buck converter for use in an envelope amplifier. To effectively leverage the high efficiency of buck converters and the wide bandwidth capabilities of linear amplifiers, a parallel combination of these two devices is employed in this work. A novel current-sense constant-on-time (COT) controller is proposed to coordinate this hybrid power supply. The combination mainly enables the switching converter to provide the average power required by the PA with high efficiency, while the wideband linear amplifier provides a wide range of dynamic voltages. The technique improves the efficiency of the envelope amplifier, especially for applications requiring high PAR with wider bandwidth signals. Measurement of the envelope amplifier showed an efficiency of approximately 77% with 10 W output power using LTE downlink signals. The overall ET system was demonstrated by using a GaN PA. The measured average power-added efficiency of the amplifier reached above 45% for an LTE modulated signal with 20 MHz bandwidth and PAR of 8.0 dB, at an average output power of 5 W and gain of 10.1 dB. The measured normalized RMS error is below 2.1% with adjacent channel leakage ratio of -48 dBc at an offset frequency of 20 MHz.
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