Description
Broadband RF and Microwave Amplifiers provides extensive coverage of broadband radio frequency (RF) and microwave power amplifier design, including well-known historical and recent novel schematic configurations, theoretical approaches, circuit simulation results, and practical implementation strategies. The text begins by introducing two-port networks to illustrate the behavior of linear and nonlinear circuits, explaining the basic principles of power amplifier design, and discussing impedance matching and broadband power amplifier design using lumped and distributed parameters. The book then:
- Shows how dissipative or lossy gain-compensation-matching circuits can offer an important trade-off between power gain, reflection coefficient, and operating frequency bandwidth
- Describes the design of broadband RF and microwave amplifiers using real frequency techniques (RFTs), supplying numerous examples based on the MATLAB® programming process
- Examines Class-E power amplifiers, Doherty amplifiers, low-noise amplifiers, microwave gallium arsenide field-effect transistor (GaAs FET)-distributed amplifiers, and complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) amplifiers for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications
Broadband RF and Microwave Amplifiers combines theoretical analysis with practical design to create a solid foundation for innovative ideas and circuit design techniques.
Table of Contents
Two-Port Network Parameters
Traditional Network Parameters
Scattering Parameters
Conversions between Two-Port Parameters
Interconnections of Two-Port Networks
Practical Two-Port Networks
Three-Port Network with Common Terminal
Lumped Elements
Transmission Line
Noise Figure
References
Power Amplifier Design Principles
Basic Classes of Operation: A, AB, B, and C
Load Line and Output Impedance
Nonlinear Active Device Models
Power Gain and Stability
Push–Pull and Balanced Power Amplifiers
Transmission-Line Transformers and Combiners
References
Lossless Matched Broadband Power Amplifiers
Impedance Matching
Bode–Fano Criterion
Broadband-Matching Networks with Lumped Elements
Broadband-Matching Networks with Mixed Lumped and Distributed Elements
Matching Networks with Transmission Lines
Matching Technique with Prescribed Amplitude–Frequency Response
Practical Examples of Broadband RF and Microwave Power Amplifiers
Broadband Millimeter-Wave Power Amplifiers
References
Lossy Matched and Feedback Broadband Power Amplifiers
Amplifiers with Lossy Compensation Networks
Feedback Amplifiers
Graphical Design of Gain-Compensating and Feedback Lossy Networks
Decomposition Synthesis Method
References
Design of Wideband RF and Microwave Amplifiers Employing Real Frequency Techniques
Real Frequency Line Segment Technique
Generation of Minimum Immittance Function from Its Real Part
Optimization of TPG Using a Parametric Approach
High-Precision Ladder Synthesis of Positive Real Functions
Automated Real Frequency Design of Lossless Two-Ports for Single Matching Problems
Computation of Actual Elements
Automated Design of Matching Networks with Lumped Elements
Design of Interstage Equalizers: Double Matching Problem
Matching Networks Constructed with Commensurate Transmission Lines
Generation of Realizable Positive Real Function in Richards’s Domain
Integration of Richards’s High-Precision Synthesis Module with Real Frequency Matching Algorithm
SRFTs to Design RF and Microwave Amplifiers
SRFT to Design Microwave Amplifiers
SRFT Single-Stage Microwave Amplifier Design Algorithm
Design of an Ultra-Wideband Microwave Amplifier Using Commensurate Transmission Lines
Physical Realization of Characteristic Impedance
Practical Design of Matching Networks with Mixed Lumped and Distributed Elements
Physical Realization of a Single Inductor
Appendices
References
High-Efficiency Broadband Class-E Power Amplifiers
Reactance Compensation Technique
High-Efficiency Switching Class-E Modes
Broadband Class E with Shunt Capacitance
Broadband Parallel-Circuit Class E
High-Power RF Class-E Power Amplifiers
Microwave Monolithic Class-E Power Amplifiers
CMOS Class-E Power Amplifiers
References
Broadband and Multiband Doherty Amplifiers
Historical Aspect and Conventional Doherty Architectures
Inverted Doherty Amplifiers
Integration
Digitally-Driven Doherty Amplifier
Multiband and Broadband Capability
References
Low-Noise Broadband Amplifiers
Basic Principles of Low-Noise Amplifier Design
Lossless Matched Broadband Low-Noise Amplifiers
Lossy Feedback Broadband Low-Noise Amplifiers
Cascode Broadband Low-Noise Amplifiers
Graphical Design Technique
Broadband Millimeter-Wave Low-Noise Amplifiers
References
Distributed Amplifiers
Basic Principles of Distributed Amplification
Microwave GaAs FET Distributed Amplifiers
Cascode Distributed Amplifiers
Extended Resonance Technique
Cascaded Distributed Amplifiers
Matrix Distributed Amplifiers
CMOS Distributed Amplifiers
Noise in Distributed Amplifiers
References
CMOS Amplifiers for UWB Applications
UWB Transceiver Architectures
Distributed CMOS Amplifiers
Common-Gate CMOS Amplifiers
CMOS Amplifiers with Lossy Compensation Circuits
Feedback CMOS Amplifiers
Noise-Canceling Technique
References
