학술논문

Class AB vs. class J 5G power amplifier in 28-nm UTBB FD-SOI technology for high efficiency operation
Document Type
Conference
Source
2017 29th International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM) Microelectronics (ICM), 2017 29th International Conference on. :1-4 Dec, 2017
Subject
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
General Topics for Engineers
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Signal Processing and Analysis
Transistors
Topology
Power amplifiers
Gain
5G mobile communication
Network topology
Radio frequency
FBB: Forward Body Bias
CS: Common Source
mm-wave PA: milli-meter wave Power Amplifier
PAE: Power Added Efficiency
Psat: Saturated output power
UTBB FD-SOI
Ultra-Thin Body and Box Fully Depleted Silicon on Insulator
Language
Abstract
Nowadays, technological demands are exponentially and rapidly growing. The telecommunication market examines a growing demand for RF mobile devices where high latency performances are targeted. The power amplifier is a major element of the radio frequency front-end especially if power consumption and bandwidth are considered. This paper presents the design of mm-wave power amplifier for the candidate of 5G using both Common Source Class-AB and Class-J topologies by means of the 28-nm UTBB FD-SOI technology under body bias technique. Upon taking into consideration the parasitic extraction of the transistor, RF pads, and interconnection to ground, a comparison is made and the theoretical effectiveness of Class-J topology for single stage large signal amplification is simulated practically. Moreover, two distinct transistor widths 250 μm and 350 μm are simulated where each has its own topology to study the impact of increasing the width on the performance of the Power Amplifier. While 5G spectral band is not yet specified and determined; recent studies proved that the 28 GHz band is particularly effective for 5G mobile standardization. Thus, the 28 GHz band is chosen as the fundamental frequency of the operation for this work.