{"title":"Low frequency dithering technique for linearization of current mode class D amplifiers","authors":"F. A. Malekzadeh, A. V. van Roermund, R. Mahmoudi","doi":"10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259422","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Combination of a band-pass signal with a low frequency sinusoid signal, also known as dithering, will linearize the performance and reduce the reactive power loss of class D amplifiers. The expectations are verified through realization and measurement of a 2 watt current mode LDMOS class D amplifier operating at 2.014 GHz. The drain efficiency is enhanced from 55 to 59 percent, while giving ACPR levels below −33dBc for first WCDMA adjacent channel.","PeriodicalId":6385,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2012 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259422","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Combination of a band-pass signal with a low frequency sinusoid signal, also known as dithering, will linearize the performance and reduce the reactive power loss of class D amplifiers. The expectations are verified through realization and measurement of a 2 watt current mode LDMOS class D amplifier operating at 2.014 GHz. The drain efficiency is enhanced from 55 to 59 percent, while giving ACPR levels below −33dBc for first WCDMA adjacent channel.