|
|
xi | |
|
|
xxi | |
Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Notation |
|
xxiii | |
Preface |
|
xxv | |
Foreword |
|
xxix | |
Biography |
|
xxxi | |
|
1 Historical Methods of RF Power Amplifier Design |
|
|
1 | (16) |
|
1.1 The RF Power Amplifier |
|
|
1 | (2) |
|
1.2 History of RF Power Amplifier Design Methods |
|
|
3 | (2) |
|
1.2.1 Copper Tape and the X-Acto Knife |
|
|
4 | (1) |
|
1.2.2 The Shunt Stub Tuner |
|
|
4 | (1) |
|
|
5 | (1) |
|
1.3 The Load-Pull Method of RF Power Amplifier Design |
|
|
5 | (4) |
|
1.3.1 History of the Load-Pull Method |
|
|
6 | (2) |
|
1.3.2 RF Power Amplifier Design with the Load-Pull Method |
|
|
8 | (1) |
|
1.4 Historical Limitations of the Load-Pull Method |
|
|
9 | (6) |
|
1.4.1 Minimum Impedance Range |
|
|
10 | (1) |
|
1.4.2 Independent Harmonic Tuning |
|
|
11 | (1) |
|
1.4.3 Peak and RMS Power Capability |
|
|
12 | (1) |
|
1.4.4 Operating and Modulation Bandwidth |
|
|
12 | (1) |
|
1.4.5 Linearity Impairment |
|
|
13 | (1) |
|
1.4.6 Rigorous Error Analysis |
|
|
14 | (1) |
|
1.4.7 Acoustically Induced Vibrations |
|
|
14 | (1) |
|
|
15 | (1) |
|
|
15 | (2) |
|
2 Automated Impedance Synthesis |
|
|
17 | (28) |
|
2.1 Methods of Automated Impedance Synthesis |
|
|
18 | (8) |
|
2.1.1 Passive Electromechanical Impedance Synthesis |
|
|
18 | (3) |
|
2.1.2 The Active-Loop Method of Impedance Synthesis |
|
|
21 | (3) |
|
2.1.3 The Active-Injection Method of Impedance Synthesis |
|
|
24 | (2) |
|
2.2 Understanding Electromechanical Tuner Performance |
|
|
26 | (11) |
|
2.2.1 Impedance Synthesis Range |
|
|
26 | (1) |
|
2.2.2 Operating Bandwidth |
|
|
27 | (2) |
|
2.2.3 Modulation Bandwidth |
|
|
29 | (2) |
|
2.2.4 Tuner Insertion Loss |
|
|
31 | (1) |
|
|
32 | (2) |
|
2.2.6 Vector Repeatability |
|
|
34 | (1) |
|
2.2.7 Impedance State Resolution and Uniformity |
|
|
35 | (1) |
|
2.2.8 Factors Influencing Tuner Speed |
|
|
36 | (1) |
|
2.2.9 The Slab-Line to Coaxial Transition |
|
|
37 | (1) |
|
2.3 Advanced Considerations in Impedance Synthesis |
|
|
37 | (6) |
|
2.3.1 Independent Harmonic Impedance Synthesis |
|
|
37 | (4) |
|
2.3.2 Sub-1 £2 Impedance Synthesis |
|
|
41 | (2) |
|
|
43 | (1) |
|
|
43 | (2) |
|
3 Load-Pull System Architecture and Verification |
|
|
45 | (18) |
|
3.1 Load-Pull System Architecture |
|
|
46 | (8) |
|
3.1.1 Load-Pull System Block Diagram |
|
|
46 | (2) |
|
3.1.2 Source and Load Blocks |
|
|
48 | (4) |
|
3.1.3 Signal Synthesis and Analysis |
|
|
52 | (1) |
|
3.1.4 Large-Signal Input Impedance Measurement |
|
|
53 | (1) |
|
3.1.5 AM-AM, AM-PM, and IM Phase Measurement |
|
|
53 | (1) |
|
3.1.6 Dynamic Range Optimization |
|
|
54 | (1) |
|
|
54 | (3) |
|
3.2.1 Charge Storage, Memory, and Video Bandwidth |
|
|
55 | (1) |
|
3.2.2 Load-Pull of True PAE |
|
|
56 | (1) |
|
3.2.3 The Effect of DC Bias Network Loss |
|
|
57 | (1) |
|
3.3 The AGr Method of System Verification |
|
|
57 | (3) |
|
3.4 Electromechanical Tuner Calibration |
|
|
60 | (1) |
|
|
60 | (1) |
|
|
61 | (2) |
|
4 Load-Pull Data Acquisition and Contour Generation |
|
|
63 | (34) |
|
4.1 Constant Source Power Load-Pull |
|
|
64 | (13) |
|
4.1.1 Load-Pull with a Single Set of Contours |
|
|
65 | (4) |
|
4.1.2 Load-Pull with Two or More Sets of Contours |
|
|
69 | (4) |
|
4.1.3 Load-Pull for Signal Quality Optimization |
|
|
73 | (3) |
|
4.1.4 Large-Signal Input Impedance |
|
|
76 | (1) |
|
4.2 Fixed-Parametric Load-Pull |
|
|
77 | (5) |
|
|
77 | (2) |
|
4.2.2 Fixed Gain Compression |
|
|
79 | (1) |
|
4.2.3 Fixed Peak-Average Ratio |
|
|
79 | (1) |
|
4.2.4 Fixed Signal Quality |
|
|
80 | (1) |
|
4.2.5 Treating Multiple Contour Intersections |
|
|
81 | (1) |
|
|
82 | (5) |
|
4.3.1 Second Harmonic Load-Pull |
|
|
83 | (2) |
|
4.3.2 Third-Harmonic Load-Pull |
|
|
85 | (1) |
|
4.3.3 Higher-Order Effects and Inter-harmonic Coupling |
|
|
85 | (1) |
|
4.3.4 Baseband Load-Pull for Video Bandwidth Optimization |
|
|
85 | (2) |
|
|
87 | (1) |
|
4.4.1 Swept Available Source Power |
|
|
87 | (1) |
|
|
88 | (1) |
|
|
88 | (1) |
|
4.5 Advanced Techniques of Data Acquisition |
|
|
88 | (6) |
|
4.5.1 Simplified Geometric-Logical Search |
|
|
89 | (1) |
|
4.5.2 Synthetic Geometric-Logical Search |
|
|
89 | (2) |
|
4.5.3 Multidimensional Load-Pull and Data Slicing |
|
|
91 | (2) |
|
4.5.4 Min-Max Peak Searching |
|
|
93 | (1) |
|
|
94 | (1) |
|
|
95 | (2) |
|
5 Optimum Impedance Identification |
|
|
97 | (18) |
|
5.1 Physical Interpretation of the Optimum Impedance |
|
|
97 | (2) |
|
5.2 The Optimum Impedance Trajectory |
|
|
99 | (2) |
|
5.2.1 Optimality Condition |
|
|
99 | (1) |
|
5.2.2 Uniqueness Condition |
|
|
100 | (1) |
|
5.2.3 Terminating Impedance |
|
|
100 | (1) |
|
5.3 Graphical Extraction of the Optimum Impedance |
|
|
101 | (4) |
|
5.3.1 Optimum Impedance State Extraction |
|
|
101 | (1) |
|
5.3.2 Optimum Impedance Trajectory Extraction |
|
|
102 | (2) |
|
5.3.3 Treatment of Orthogonal Contours |
|
|
104 | (1) |
|
5.4 Optimum Impedance Extraction from Load-Pull Contours |
|
|
105 | (7) |
|
5.4.1 Simultaneous Average Load Power and PAE |
|
|
106 | (1) |
|
5.4.2 Simultaneous Average Load Power, PAE, and Signal Quality |
|
|
107 | (1) |
|
5.4.3 Optimum Impedance Extraction Under Fixed-Parametric Load-Pull |
|
|
108 | (1) |
|
5.4.4 PAE and Signal Quality Extraction Under Constant Average Load Power |
|
|
109 | (1) |
|
5.4.5 Optimum Impedance Extraction with Bandwidth as a Constraint |
|
|
110 | (2) |
|
5.4.6 Extension to Source-Pull |
|
|
112 | (1) |
|
5.4.7 Extension to Harmonic and Base-Band Load-Pull |
|
|
112 | (1) |
|
|
112 | (3) |
|
6 Matching Network Design with Load-Pull Data |
|
|
115 | (30) |
|
6.1 Specification of Matching Network Performance |
|
|
116 | (1) |
|
6.2 The Butterworth Impedance Matching Network |
|
|
116 | (5) |
|
6.2.1 The Butterworth L-Section Prototype |
|
|
117 | (2) |
|
6.2.2 Analytical Solution of the Butterworth Matching Network |
|
|
119 | (1) |
|
6.2.3 Graphical Solution of the Butterworth Matching Network |
|
|
120 | (1) |
|
6.3 Physical Implementation of the Butterworth Matching Network |
|
|
121 | (9) |
|
6.3.1 The Lumped-Parameter Butterworth Matching Network |
|
|
122 | (2) |
|
6.3.2 The Distributed-Parameter Butterworth Matching Network |
|
|
124 | (2) |
|
6.3.3 The Hybrid-Parameter Butterworth Matching Network |
|
|
126 | (4) |
|
6.4 Supplemental Matching Network Responses |
|
|
130 | (5) |
|
6.4.1 The Chebyshev Response |
|
|
131 | (1) |
|
6.4.2 The Hecken and Klopfenstein Responses |
|
|
131 | (4) |
|
6.4.3 The Bessel-Thompson Response |
|
|
135 | (1) |
|
6.5 Matching Network Loss |
|
|
135 | (3) |
|
6.5.1 Definition of Matching Network Loss |
|
|
135 | (1) |
|
6.5.2 The Effects of Matching Network Loss |
|
|
136 | (1) |
|
6.5.3 Minimizing Matching Network Loss |
|
|
137 | (1) |
|
6.6 Optimum Harmonic Termination Design |
|
|
138 | (4) |
|
6.6.1 Optimally Engineered Waveforms |
|
|
138 | (2) |
|
6.6.2 Physical Implementation of Optimum Harmonic Terminations |
|
|
140 | (1) |
|
6.6.3 Optimum Harmonic Terminations in Practice |
|
|
141 | (1) |
|
|
142 | (1) |
|
|
143 | (2) |
Index |
|
145 | |