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A Simple Technique for Improving the IM3/C and PAE Performance of MESFET Amplifiers A Simple Technique for Improving the IM3/C and PAE Performance of MESFET Amplifiers J N H Wong and C S Aitchison Microwave Systems Research Group, Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK Abstract — This paper shows by simulation that a shunt short -circuited O/4 line placed across the drain terminals of a microwave MESFET amplifier significantly improves both II. SIMULATION the IM3/C and 2-tone PAE performance by a maximum of 14dB and 3%(from 24.5% to 27.5%), respectively. Practical Agilent ADS was used to simulate the non linear confirmation with both WCDMA and GSM-EDGE input behaviour and 2-tone PAE of a microstrip amplifier signals is obtained with a microstrip amplifier at 2GHz operating at 2GHz using a Mitsubishi MGF2430A 1 watt demonstrating an average improvement in ACPR of 12.5dB GaAs MESFET biased at Class AB/B using a large signal and a reduction in EVM from 5.0% to 1.3% respectively. model from the ADS non-linear MESFET library. The technique is novel, simple and practical and will be of direct interest to designers of base station amplifiers. Packaged OUTPUT (LOAD) GaAs FET MATCHING NETWORK (Microstrip) INPUT (SOURCE) MATCHING NETWORK I. INTRODUCTION (Microstrip) There has recently been interest in improving the linearity of microwave MESFET power amplifiers for SOURCE : cellular telephone communication systems and their LOAD requirements for good linearity and efficiency. Historically a large number of techniques have been devised to improve amplifier intermodulation behaviour Fig. 1. 2GHz amplifier without special drain termination [1]. These techniques are all complicated in comparison with the novel technique described in this paper. Fig. 1 shows the basic amplifier without the addition of There are three significant non-linearities associated special drain termination components and it can be seen with the behaviour of a MESFET amplifier: they are the that matching is provided at both the gate and the drain by gm and Cgs associated with the gate and gd associated with means of microstrip lines and open-circuit stubs. This the drain. Previous theoretical and experimental work basic amplifier is described as the reference amplifier. The have demonstrated that injection of the second harmonic simulated small signal gain of the reference amplifier was of the signal input components into the gate, with the 14dB at a centre frequency of 2GHz with input and output correct phase and amplitude can improve the 2-tone return losses of –18.3dB and –7.7dB respectively. The intermodulation performance [2], [3]. Alternatively amplifier was simulated at a drain bias of 6 volts and a injection of the frequency separation between the tones of gate bias of -2.1 volts. the 2-tone input signal (here referred to as the difference frequency) also improves the 2-tone intermodulation OUTPUT (LOAD) MATCHING NETWORK performance [3], [4], [5]. Packaged (Microstrip) This experience suggests that provision of an GaAs FET : appropriate short circuit impedance across the drain Fundamental Frequency O LOAD Shunt Short-Circuit Stub terminal of the active device at a relevant frequency such as the difference frequency or the second harmonic frequencies might improve the intermodulation and PAE Fig. 2. 2GHz amplifier output circuit showing shorted shunt performance significantly. O/4 line at input frequency placed at the drain This paper describes an investigation of this proposition first by simulation and secondly by construction and Fig. 2 shows a modified version of the amplifier output measurement of a 2GHz MESFET amplifier. configuration in which a O/4 shunt short circuited stub at 11th GAAS Symposium - Munich 2003 407 0 35 the input frequency is placed at the drain terminal. This BEFORE PAE -5 (AFTER) 30 will not affect the impedance at the input frequency but AFTER PAE will provide a short circuit at the second harmonic and -10 (BEFORE) 25 2-Tone PAE[%] some other frequencies. -15 20 IM3/C (BEFORE) -20 15 5 40 PAE BEFORE [dBc] IM3/C -25 10 0 (AFTER) 35 AFTER -30 IM3/C (AFTER) 5 -5 PAE 30 [%] 2-Tone PAE -10 (BEFORE) 25 -35 0 -15 20 1012 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 IM3/C (BEFORE) -20 15 2-Tone Pout [dBm] Fig.5. Simulated IM3/C (both upper and lower) and 2-tone IM3/C [dBc] IM3/C -25 10 nd PAE as function of output power for 2GHz amplifier with 2 -30 5 IM3/C (AFTER) harmonic BPF preceding the shorted shunt input frequency O/4 -35 0 line compared with the reference amplifier 1012 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 2-Tone Pout [dBm] Fig 5 shows the behaviour of the amplifier with the BPF Fig. 3. Simulated IM3/C (both upper and lower) and 2-tone at the second harmonic frequencies and shows a PAE as function of output power for both the 2GHz amplifier with shorted O/4 drain stub and for the reference amplifier. maximum improvement of only 2dB in IM3/C and 1.0% (from 19.5% to 20.5%) in 2-tone PAE at an output of Fig. 3 shows the predicted 2-tone IM3/C and 2-tone 22.5dBm. PAE for this amplifier configuration as a function of 2- -10 40 tone output power dissipated in the 50: load, together BEFORE PAE -15 (AFTER) 35 with the corresponding plots for the reference amplifier. AFTER -20 30 These results show a 14dB maximum improvement in IM3/C [%] PAE 2-Tone -25 (BEFORE) PAE 25 IM3/C and a corresponding 2-tone PAE improvement of (BEFORE) 3% (from 24.5% to 27.5%). This result is of interest but -30 20 -35 15 requires further investigation since the O/4 stub presents [dBc] IM3/C -40 IM3/C 10 non-infinite shunt impedances at frequencies which may (AFTER) -45 5 be relevant to the amplifier non-linear behaviour. -50 0 1012 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 2-Tone Pout [dBm] OUTPUT (LOAD) MATCHING NETWORK (Microstrip) Packaged Ideal Bandpass Filter Fig. 6. Simulated IM3/C and 2-tone PAE as function of GaAs FET (Equation-defined Filtering) output power for 2GHz amplifier with difference frequency BPF preceding shorted O/4 drain stub compared with reference amplifier. : Fundamental Frequency O LOAD Fig. 6 shows the corresponding behaviour of the Shunt Short-Circuit Stub amplifier with the BPF centred on the difference frequency. This configuration gives a maximum improvement in IM3/C of 33dB and an improvement in 2- Fig. 4. Output circuit of 2GHz amplifier with equation tone PAE of 4% (from 28% to 32%) at an output power of defined BPF preceding shorted shunt input frequency O/4 stub 26 dBm. A convenient way of determining the significance of the Fig. 7 shows the behaviour of the amplifier with an various relevant frequencies is shown in Fig. 4. An equation defined BPF configuration centred on both the equation-defined ideal BPF precedes the O/4 fundamental difference and second harmonic frequencies. The frequency short-circuited stub. Variation of the filter maximum IM3/C improvement is now 14dB: the 2-tone centre frequency and bandwidth enables the effect of the PAE has improved by 3.0% (from 23.5% to 26.5%) Both impedances at various frequencies presented by the O/4 results are in substantial agreement with the O/4 stub result stub to be investigated. The frequencies selected for of Fig. 3. investigation were the two 2nd harmonics, difference, and combined second harmonics and difference frequencies 408 11th GAAS Symposium - Munich 2003 5 40 10 30 BEFORE PAE BEFORE PAE (AFTER) 0 (AFTER) 35 AFTER AFTER 0 25 2-Tone PAE [%] PAE -5 30 (BEFORE) PAE PAE [%] 2-Tone -10 20 -10 (BEFORE) 25 -20 IM 3/C 15 -15 20 (BEFORE) IM3 [dBc] IM3 -30 10 -20 IM3/C 15 (BEFORE) IM3/C [dBc] IM3/C -40 5 -25 10 IM3/C (AFTER) -30 5 -50 0 IM3/C 22 22.5 23 23.5 24 24.5 25 25.5 26 26.5 (AFTER) -35 0 2-Tone Pout [dBm] 1012 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 2-Tone Pout [dBm] Fig. 9. Measured IM3/C and PAE for 2GHz amplifier with shorted O/4 drain stub and reference amplifier as function of Fig. 7. Simulated IM3/C (both) and 2-tone PAE as function of output power. Both upper and lower IM3/C plots are shown. output power for with BPF centered on the difference and 2nd harmonic frequencies, and reference amplifier. Fig 9 shows the measured non linear performance and PAE of the practical amplifier with and without the O/4 These simulations suggest that the O/4 stub improvement stub with an input consisting of two tones at 2GHz in IMC/3 and 2-tone PAE is due primarily to the provision separated by 1MHz and shows results for both upper and of an effective short circuit at the difference frequency. It lower IM3 products. A maximum improvement in IM3/C also seems that the presence of the shunt short circuit at of 17dB and in 2-tone PAE of 4% (from 18% to 22%) was the difference frequency and second harmonics together measured at an output power of 24.2dBm. result in a useful but reduced improvement in The performance of the amplifier with WCDMA and performance. GSM-EDGE input signals was then examined. The next section describes a practical investigation. III. PRACTICAL INVESTIGATION It is convenient to provide a shunt O/4 short circuited stub at the drain of a microstrip amplifier in practice so BEFORE this configuration was selected for practical investigation at 2 GHz as shown in Fig.
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