Amplificador de Potencia Clase-S para Transmisor EER

Abstract

A Class-S power amplifier for an EER transmitter is shown in this paper. Simulations and measurements on a circuit prototype are presented showing good agreement. The amplifier is based on MOSFET technology both for the power stage and driver. Pulse Width Modulation driving signal required by the amplifier is generated by means of a in-house designed DSP board. Up to 50W output peak power can be delivered to the RF power amplifier (Class-S amplifier load) at 86 % power-added efficiency while harmonic distortion is below 30 dBc and third order intermodulaction products remain well below 34 dBc