Title:
Silicon-based RF/mm-wave power amplifiers and transmitters for future energy-efficient and broadband communication systems
Silicon-based RF/mm-wave power amplifiers and transmitters for future energy-efficient and broadband communication systems
dc.contributor.advisor | Wang, Hua | |
dc.contributor.author | Hu, Song | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Cressler, John D. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Ghovanloo, Maysam | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Chang, Gee-Kung | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Zhou, Haomin | |
dc.contributor.department | Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-07T17:41:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-06-07T17:41:09Z | |
dc.date.created | 2017-05 | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-03-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | May 2017 | |
dc.date.updated | 2017-06-07T17:41:09Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Power amplifier (PA) often governs the energy efficiency of a wireless transceiver. Its linearity is also of paramount importance to ensure the signal fidelity. Moreover, its broadband operation is highly desired for high-speed wireless communication. However, integrating a PA in silicon entails challenges due to the PA’s nature of large-signal and highly dynamic operation. This research exploits the mixed-signal computation and novel on-chip electromagnetic networks to enable intelligent RF/millimeter-wave large-signal operation in silicon. This research demonstrates the introduced design methodologies by silicon implementations. In a multiband millimeter-wave PA in silicon, mixed-signal reconfiguration and a novel on-chip power combiner enable broadband operation for fifth-generation (5G) communication. In a digital Doherty PA in silicon, flexible and precise digital control optimizes in-field Doherty efficiency enhancement and enables robustness against antenna mismatch. In addition, this research demonstrates two hybrid PA efficiency enhancement techniques that leverage digital-intensive architectures in silicon. Mixed-signal linearization is introduced in these architectures to eliminate the trade-off between efficiency and linearity. | |
dc.description.degree | Ph.D. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58267 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
dc.subject | 5G | |
dc.subject | Antenna | |
dc.subject | BiCMOS | |
dc.subject | Broadband | |
dc.subject | CMOS | |
dc.subject | Digital | |
dc.subject | Doherty | |
dc.subject | Efficiency | |
dc.subject | Electromagnetic | |
dc.subject | Hybrid | |
dc.subject | Large signal | |
dc.subject | Linearity | |
dc.subject | Millimeter wave | |
dc.subject | Mixed signal | |
dc.subject | Multiband | |
dc.subject | Power amplifier | |
dc.subject | RF | |
dc.subject | Silicon | |
dc.subject | Transmitter | |
dc.subject | Wireless | |
dc.title | Silicon-based RF/mm-wave power amplifiers and transmitters for future energy-efficient and broadband communication systems | |
dc.type | Text | |
dc.type.genre | Dissertation | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
local.contributor.advisor | Wang, Hua | |
local.contributor.corporatename | School of Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
local.contributor.corporatename | College of Engineering | |
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thesis.degree.level | Doctoral |