Hybrid (Current/Voltage Mode) Digital Power Amplifier and Bidirectional Digital Front-End Circuits in Silicon
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Lee, Jeongseok
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The advent of IoT, smart factories, and mobile devices has caused a surge of connected devices and proliferation of wireless sensor nodes. Modern communication systems, which need to be connected everywhere and at all times, require each device to be compact, and impose stringent standards for the RF systems. Transmitters, in face of the explosive increase in data rates require high speed complex modulation schemes with high spectral efficiency and large PAPRs, such as high-order QAMs and OFDM are needed. In addition, due to the nature of modern society that must always be connected, battery life is also becoming increasingly important. As a result, due to the complex modulation that requires high PAPR, efficiency in the PBO state as well as maximum power is becoming more critical. From a receiver perspective, massive RF applications lead to a crowed spectrum, making receivers susceptible to mutual interference. Hence, along with cost and power consumption, interference robustness is becoming a major concern for the radios targeting these applications. As the demands of these modern communication systems become more diverse and complex, it is increasingly necessary to approach them in new ways. Digital RF circuits are able to overcome many of the inherent limitations of analog approaches and their achievable performance has been highlighted in proportion to the recent technology of CMOS. This thesis work aims at expanding upon this. In particular, this dissertation presents several AM-PM behavior analyses and compensation techniques in digital Power Amplifiers and circuit innovation to support completely integrated digital front-end circuitry, which can be one of solutions for modern communication systems.
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2023-06-06
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