A simple and efficient procedure for identifying the compressing stage in Two-Stage Amplifiers

Anton Nikolaev Atanasov; Waqam Mukhtar; Mark Stefan Oude Alink; Frank Edward van Vliet

doi:10.1109/BCICTS50416.2021.9682499

A simple and efficient procedure for identifying the compressing stage in Two-Stage Amplifiers

Anton Nikolaev Atanasov^*
, Waqam Mukhtar
, Mark Stefan Oude Alink
, Frank Edward van Vliet

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract: We propose a fast and simple method to accurately determine the compressing stage in a two-stage amplifier system based on reverse intermodulation and hot S-parameter measurements. The method uses no specialized hardware and needs little reconfiguration, simplifying the measurements. We demonstrate its validity over a broad range of amplifiers designed in various semiconductor technologies. This method is a very useful tool in understanding or debugging amplifier designs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS)
Place of Publication	Monterey, CA, USA
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-3990-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/BCICTS50416.2021.9682499
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021
Event	2021 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS) - Montery, CA, United States Duration: 6 Dec 2021 → 9 Dec 2021 https://semiwiki.com/event/2021-ieee-bicmos-and-compound-semiconductor-integrated-circuits-and-technology-symposium-bcicts/

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Conference	2021 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS)
Country/Territory	United States
City	Montery, CA
Period	6/12/21 → 9/12/21
Internet address	https://semiwiki.com/event/2021-ieee-bicmos-and-compound-semiconductor-integrated-circuits-and-technology-symposium-bcicts/

Keywords

compression
intermodulation
Reverse intermodulation
power amplifiers
nonlinearity

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Atanasov, A. N., Mukhtar Ahmad, W., Oude Alink, M. S. & van Vliet, F. E., 19 Oct 2022, 2022 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS). Phoenix, Arizona, USA: IEEE, p. 174-177 4 p.
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Atanasov, AN, Mukhtar, W, Oude Alink, MS & van Vliet, FE 2021, A simple and efficient procedure for identifying the compressing stage in Two-Stage Amplifiers. in 2021 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS). IEEE, Monterey, CA, USA, 2021 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS), Montery, CA, United States, 6/12/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/BCICTS50416.2021.9682499

A simple and efficient procedure for identifying the compressing stage in Two-Stage Amplifiers. / Atanasov, Anton Nikolaev; Mukhtar, Waqam; Oude Alink, Mark Stefan et al.
2021 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS). Monterey, CA, USA: IEEE, 2021.

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A simple and efficient procedure for identifying the compressing stage in Two-Stage Amplifiers

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Active Load-Modulated Devices: A General PA Network Solution Identifying Highly Efficient Linearizer Systems

A Figure of Merit for Simultaneous-Multi-Beam Transmit Antenna Arrays

The Load-Modulated linearizer: A technique for intermodulation cancellation in PA systems

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