High-Frequency Power Amplitude Modulators with Class-E Tuned Amplifiers
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https://doi.org/10.26636/jtit.2008.4.903Keywords:
high-efficiency amplitude modulators, non-ZVS operation, optimum operation, PSPICE simulations, sub-optimum operationAbstract
A high-frequency power amplifier used in a drain amplitude modulator must have linear dependence of output HF voltage Vo versus its supply voltage VDD. This condition essential for obtaining low-level envelope distortions is met by a theoretical class-E amplifier with a linear shunt capacitance of the switch. In this paper the influence of non-linear output capacitance of the transistor in the class-E amplifier on its Vo(VDD) characteristic is analyzed using PSPICE simulations of the amplifiers operating at frequencies 0.5 MHz, 5 MHz and 7 MHz. These simulations have proven that distortions of the Vo(VDD) characteristic caused by non-linear output capacitance of the transistor are only slight for all analyzed amplifiers, even for the 7 MHz amplifier without the external (linear) shunt capacitance. In contrast, the decrease of power efficiency of the class-E amplifier resulting from this effect can be significant even by 40%.
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