Distributed CMOS Bidirectional Amplifiers Broadbanding and Linearization Techniques /

• Main Authors: El-Khatib, Ziad (Author), MacEachern, Leonard (Author), Mahmoud, Samy A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Series: Analog Circuits and Signal Processing
• Subjects: Engineering.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Electronic circuits.; Circuits and Systems.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

This book describes methods to design distributed amplifiers useful for performing circuit functions such as duplexing, paraphrase amplification, phase shifting power splitting and power combiner applications.  A CMOS bidirectional distributed amplifier is presented that combines for the first time...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Modulation Schemes Effect on RF Power Amplifier Nonlinearity and RFPA Linearization Techniques
• Distributed Amplification Principles and Transconductor Nonlinearity Compensation
• Distributed RF Linearization Circuit Applications
• Linearized CMOS Distributed Bidirectional Amplifier with Cross-Coupled Compensator
• Linearized CMOS Distributed Bidirectional Amplifier Silicon Chip Implementation
• Linearized CMOS Distributed Bidirectional Amplifier Experimental Setups and Chip Measurement Results
• Conclusion.