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Título del libro: Conference Proceedings - Ieee Applied Power Electronics Conference And Exposition - Apec
Título del capítulo: Multilevel power supply for high efficiency RF amplifiers

Autores UNAM:
OSCAR PROSPERO GARCIA;
Autores externos:

Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2009
Palabras clave:

Average values; Class A; Class-D; Efficiency measurement; Envelope elimination and restorations; High efficiency; High linearity; Higher efficiency; Linear power amplifiers; Linear regulators; Maximal spectral components; Multilevel converter; Peak to average power ratio; Power supply; RF amplifiers; RF transmitter; Transmitted signal; Voltage levels; Power electronics; Power amplifiers


Resumen:

In radio systems linear power amplifiers (class A, B or AB) are usually used as a solution for the power amplifier stage. These amplifiers have high linearity, but suffer from low efficiency when the transmitted signal has low peak-to-average power ratio. The Kahn envelope elimination and restoration (EER) technique is used to enhance efficiency of RF transmitters, by combining highly efficient, nonlinear RF amplifier (class D or E) with a highly efficient envelope amplifier in order to obtain linear and highly efficient RF amplifier. This paper presents a solution for the envelope amplifier based on a combination of multilevel converter and linear regulator. The proposed solution can reproduce any signal with maximal spectral component of 2 MHz and give instantaneous maximal power of 50 W. The efficiency measurements show that when the signals with low average value are transmitted, it has up to 15% higher efficiency than linear regulator that is used as a conventional solution. Additionally, the algorithm for selection of voltage levels for the multilevel converter is explained, as well. ©2009 IEEE.


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