Naslov
Impact of Large-signal Operation on DC Operating Point of Horizontal Current Bipolar Transistor

Autori
Osrečki, Željko ; Žilak, Josip ; Koričić, Marko ; Suligoj, Tomislav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Skup
IEEE BiCMOS and Compound semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS 2020)

Mjesto i datum
Monterey (CA), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 05.12.2020. - 08.12.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Horizontal Current Bipolar Transistor (HCBT), large-signal, power amplifier (PA)

Sažetak
The impact of bias configuration on DC operating point in large-signal operation is analyzed for Horizontal Current Bipolar Transistor (HCBT) by time-domain load-pull measurements at 2.4 GHz. The two limiting cases, constant base-emitter voltage (c-VBE) and constant base current (c-IB), are investigated with respect to where the hard- limitation occurs, in the cut-off or saturation region. For the two cases, it is found that the linear operating range, in which the gain is flat, heavily depends on the hard-limitation type present. Additionally, operation above open-base breakdown voltage shows sharp decrease of DC collector current of 23 mA near compression point for c- IB bias. Finally, the c-VBE bias shows around 5% higher collector efficiency in the back-off range while targeting the same output power in 1-dB compression point.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Elektrotehnika

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