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  • Name

    Bruno Miguel Saraiva
  • Role

    Research Assistant
  • Since

    15th January 2021
Publications

2021

A Switching-Mode Power Recycling System for a Radio-Frequency Outphasing Transmitter

Authors
Saraiva, B; Duarte, C; Tavares, VG;

Publication
2021 XXXVI CONFERENCE ON DESIGN OF CIRCUITS AND INTEGRATED SYSTEMS (DCIS21)

Abstract
This paper reports the development of a power recycling network for a wireless radio-frequency (RF) transmitter combiner. The transmitter makes use of two RF power amplifiers (PAs) in an outphasing architecture, connected at the output by a 180-degree hybrid combiner. In general, to provide isolation between the PAs and prevent nonlinear distortion, an isolation resistor is usually applied at the four-port combiner. However, the main drawback of such approach is the power dissipated at the isolation port, which drastically reduces the overall power efficiency of the outphasing transmitter. In the present work, the isolation port is replaced by an active network that provides the required input impedance for isolation, at the same time it converts the RF signal into dc, feeding it back to the transmitter power supply. Hence, this way, one recycles the power that would be lost in the isolating resistor. The proposed active network comprises a circulator, a resonant rectifier and a dcdc converter that can be regulated by a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm. Simulation results for this power recycling system are provided, denoting 61-percent maximum efficiency achieved for an increase of 22-percent peak efficiency for QAM signals with a bandwidth of 250-kHz and carrier frequency equal to 250-MHz when operating at 41-miliwatt output power.