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200W GaN Broadband, Quick-turn

Doherty Amplifier
David W. Runton
GaN Basestation Products Design Team Manager
Michael LeFevre
RF Systems/Design Engineer
RF Micro Devices
Chandler, AZ
Outline
Page 2
Introduction
The Textbook vs. Practical Doherty Amplifier
Design of a 200W GaN Doherty Amplifier
2 x RF3933 90W GaN Power Amplifier
Performance
Conclusions
Introduction
Page 3
What can be said that hasnt been said before?
Doherty is old news!
PA suppliers are getting very nearly equal results
Optimizations/tweaks are simply exploiting tradeoffs
How do we put it all together?
And most importantly, do it quickly
Doherty Topology Definitions
Page 4
Car
Pk
4
,

= = length Z Z
O Doherty
Carrier
o
Peaking
o
Carrier
o
Peaking
o
4

= length
4
,
2

= = length
Z
Z
O
xfmr
Create a splitter
Wilkinson
Gysel
Hybrid
Textbook Load Modulation
Page 5
Doherty achieves Load
modulation by using the
principle of load pulling
using two devices*
R
L
+
-
+
-
V
I
1
I
2
|
|
.
|

\
|
+ =
1
2
1
1
I
I
R Z
L
*For more information see: Steve Cripps, RF Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications and Advanced Techniques in RF
Power Amplifier Design
Textbook Load Modulation
Page 6
L
R Z Z 2
2 1
= =
R
L
+
-
+
-
V
I
1
I
2
*For more information see: Steve Cripps, RF Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications and Advanced Techniques in RF
Power Amplifier Design
R
L
+
-
V
I
1
0
2
= I
L
R Z =
1
Case I
Both amplifiers contributing equally
Case II
Peaking amp off
Design a 200W GaN Doherty Amplifier
Page 8
Loadpull Data at the Drain Reference Plane
Model of device package/wires
Peak Efficiency
Peak Power
Design for Load Modulation
Page 9
2.0-2.2GHz Impedance presented at the drain reference plane
Blue Peak Power Condition / Pink Peak Efficiency Condition
Not adjust properly not the desired load modulation
Carrier
o
Peak Efficiency
Peak Power
Pout Contours (0.2dB per contour)
q Contours (2% per contour)
Design for Load Modulation
Page 10
Now adjust properly desired load modulation
Carrier
o
2.0-2.2GHz Impedance presented at the drain reference plane
Blue Peak Power Condition / Pink Peak Efficiency Condition
Peak Efficiency
Peak Power
Pout Contours (0.2dB per contour)
q Contours (2% per contour)
Tuned Doherty PCB
Page 11
Circuit Features
Tunable
Tunable
Low memory bias lines*
Carrier
o
Peaking
o
*Runton, LeFevre, Kinney, Wood, Fernez, The Implications of Video Bandwidth Performance on DPD of a High Power
LDMOS Doherty Amplifier, RF Power Amplifier, IEEE Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers, J anuary 2007
0.1 1.0 10.0 100.0 1000.0
-70
-60
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
Low Frequency Probe Results 2.1 GHz 2 X 90 Doherty
Frequency (MHz)
R
e
s
p
o
n
s
e

M
a
g
n
i
t
u
d
e

(
d
B
)
VBW > 70MHz
Modulated Performance vs Frequency
Page 12
Over 140 MHz bandwidth:
0.5 dB Gain Flatness
>38% Efficiency
Across UMTS band:
0.2 dB Gain Flatness
>40% Efficiency
PAR Variation < 1 dB
Output PAR is a
representation of Peak
power capability
RF3933 Doherty Performance vs Freq
3GPP TM1 PAR=7.5dB, Pout = 46dBm (Idq_car = 0.35A @ Vg_car = -3.98V, Vg_pk=-6.5V)
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
2000 2050 2100 2150 2200 2250 2300
Frequency (MHz)
G
a
i
n

/

O
u
t
p
u
t

P
A
R

(
d
B
)
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
D
r
a
i
n

E
f
f
i
c
i
e
n
c
y

(
%
)
Gain
PAR
Eff
DPD Linearized Performance - Doherty
Page 13
Over 20 dB linearity
improvement
( 2 Carrier 3GPP )
RF3933 Doherty Performance - ACP/Effi ci ency vs. Pout
2 carri er 3GPP TM1 PAR=7.5dB (5th order pol ynomi al - 0 memory term)
-55
-50
-45
-40
-35
-30
-25
38 40 42 44 46 48
Pout (dBm)
A
d
j
a
c
e
n
t

C
h
a
n
n
e
l

P
o
w
e
r

(
d
B
)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
D
r
a
i
n

E
f
f
i
c
i
e
n
c
y

(
%
)
DPD - ACP-L DPD - ACP-H
No DPD - ACP-L No DPD - ACP-H
Eff
-20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20
-80
-70
-60
-50
-40
-30
-20
Normalized Frequency (MHz)
S
p
e
c
t
r
a
l

P
o
w
e
r

(
d
B
)
5
th
order polynomial - No Memory mitigation necessary!!
Conclusions
Page 14
The Doherty configuration is the current topology of choice
Given enough time, one can optimize and trade gain and bandwidth for
efficiency
Sometimes, the quickest solution is the best
Solid/robust amplifier design techniques combined with the illustrated
technique results in a quick turn, Doherty amplifier
Page 15
Backup Slides
Detailed Performance Graphs
Modulated Efficiency Performance vs. Bias
Page 16
RF3933 Doherty Performance - Efficiency vs. Pout
3GPP TM1 PAR=7.5dB
0
10
20
30
40
50
25 30 35 40 45 50
Pout (dBm)
E
f
f
i
c
i
e
n
c
y

(
%
)
Idq_car = 300mA, Vg_pk = -5.0V
Idq_car = 300mA, Vg_pk = -5.5V
Idq_car = 300mA, Vg_pk = -6.0V
Idq_car = 300mA, Vg_pk = -6.5V
Idq_car = 300mA, Vg_pk = -7.0V
Balanced Idq = 300mA
Modulated data loses
the large peak that is
typically shown in
textbooks for
efficiency this is due
to the statistics of the
signal
Balanced ( Class AB )
Doherty Lite
Modulated ACP vs Bias
Page 17
RF3933 Doherty Performance - ACP-l vs. Pout
3GPP TM1 PAR=7.5dB
-50
-45
-40
-35
-30
-25
25 30 35 40 45 50
Pout (dBm)
A
d
j
a
c
e
n
t

C
h
a
n
n
e
l

P
o
w
e
r

(
d
B
)
Idq_car = 300mA, Vg_pk = -5.5V Idq_car = 300mA, Vg_pk = -6.0V
Idq_car = 300mA, Vg_pk = -6.5V Idq_car = 300mA, Vg_pk = -7.0V
Balanced Idq =300mA
ACP performance
shows traditional
Doherty levels
reduces the linearity

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