Trending IC design directions in 2022

CH Chan, L Cheng, W Deng, P Feng… - Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
For the non-stop demands for a better and smarter society, the number of electronic devices
keeps increasing exponentially; and the computation power, communication data rate, smart …

A millimeter-wave three-way Doherty power amplifier for 5G NR OFDM

X Zhang, S Li, D Huang, T Chi - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a millimeter-wave (mmWave) three-way Doherty output network and its
silicon implementation at 38 GHz for 5G new radio (NR) orthogonal frequency-division …

A millimeter-wave four-way Doherty power amplifier with over-GHz modulation bandwidth

X Zhang, H Guo, T Chi - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the design and analysis of a millimeter-wave (mmWave) four-way
Doherty power amplifier (PA), aiming to enhance the PA energy efficiency when amplifying …

A 26-GHz GaN MMIC load-modulated balanced amplifier with miniaturized dual-loop coupler

H Jia, R Liu, Q Wu, A Zhu - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the analysis and design of a 26-GHz RF-input load-modulated
balanced amplifier (LMBA) using a miniaturized dual-loop (MDL) coupler, implemented in a …

32.1 A 47GHz 4-way Doherty PA with 23.7dBm P1dB and 21.7% / 13.1% PAE at 6 / 12dB Back-off Supporting 2000MHz 5G NR 64-QAM OFDM

X Zhang, H Guo, T Chi - 2024 IEEE International Solid-State …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As mm-wave 5G continues to advance in the 28 and 38GHz bands (n257 to n261), the ever-
increasing demand for data-rates is also driving 5G expansion to higher frequencies, such …

A Broadband Four-Way Parallel–Series Doherty Power Amplifier for 5G Communications

E Liu, H Wang - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a four-way hybrid parallel–series Doherty power amplifier (PA)
architecture that supports broadband operation and deep power back-off (PBO) efficiency …

A 6 to 18 GHz flat high gain power amplifier using mismatch-consistent MCR technique in 40-nm CMOS

H Wang, Z Li, S Duan, Y Wu, D Dong - Microelectronics Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a power amplifier (PA) based on the mismatch-consistent magnetically
coupled resonator (MCR) technique, which employs adjustable dual-pole to achieve a wide …

A 25-40 GHz Three-Way Power Amplifier with No Load Modulation Achieving Broadband Deep Power Back-Off Efficiency Enhancement

E Liu, H Zhou, C Fager, H Wang - 2024 IEEE Radio Frequency …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) power amplifier (PA) topology that avoids
the trade-off between bandwidth and load modulation. The proposed topology uses three …

32.8 A 27.8-to-38.7 GHz Load-Modulated Balanced Power Amplifier with Scalable 7-to-1 Load-Modulated Power-Combine Network Achieving 27.2 dBm Output …

W Zhu, J Ying, L Chen, J Zhang, G Lv… - … Solid-State Circuits …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The increasing global demand for multi-Gb/s data-rates has accelerated the rapid
development and standardization of the 5G technology, particularly in the mm-wave bands …

A Ka-Band Doherty-Like Non-Load Modulated Power Amplifier

E Liu, H Zhou, C Fager, H Wang - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article describes a three-way power amplifier (PA) topology that achieves broadband
power back-off (PBO) efficiency enhancement without using active load modulation on the …