A C-Band Broadband Asymmetric Doherty Power Amplifier Using Phase Compensation and Low Q Technology

In this paper, we present a monolithic microwave-integrated circuit (MMIC) asymmetric Doherty power amplifier (ADPA) using 0.25[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m gallium-nitride (GaN) process with a compact chip size of 2.9 mm × 1.9 mm in wireless transmitters. Two different power amplifiers are adopted to solve the contradiction between the output power and efficiency of the conventional Doherty power amplifier (CDPA). In addition, phase compensation and low Q impedance inverting network (IIN) technology are used in the input and output matching networks, respectively, to expand the bandwidth of the entire ADPA. The post-layout simulation results show that the designed ADPA has a saturation output power 42.5 dBm with 800 MHz bandwidth from 6.6 to 7.4 GHz. The ADPA demonstrates 36.8–41.8% power-added efficiency (PAE), whereas 44–54% drain efficiency (DE) is achieved at saturation power.