A kind of power amplifier of wide band high-gain flatness
Technical field
The invention belongs to frequency microwave technical field of integrated circuits, and in particular to it is multi-functional that one kind is applied to radio frequency phased array
The wide band high-gain flatness power amplifier of transmitting-receiving subassembly, can be used in the phased array systems such as wireless telecommunications, radar detection.
Background technique
In recent years, being constantly progressive with CMOS technology uses CMOS technology to realize power amplifier with its low cost, height
The advantages that integrated level, attracts the attention of more and more researchers.High-speed data communication, phased-array radar and software radio etc.
In system, bandwidth to power amplifier and very high requirement is proposed with interior gain flatness.But due to CMOS technology power supply
Voltage is low, input and output impedance is very big with the variation of frequency, therefore realizes that high gain flatness is filled under super large bandwidth
Challenge.In order to solve the above problem, how domestic and foreign scholars improves gain flatness and expands if being directed in wideband power amplifer
Research.
Wideband power amplifer mainly includes distributed power amplifier, using high-order inductance capacitance net mate now
Power amplifier and be based on the matched power amplifier of transformer.Wherein distributed power amplifier is carried out using transmission line
Input and output matching, consumes a large amount of areas and power consumption while realizing super large bandwidth;The power of inductance capacitance high-order net mate
Amplifier then consumes a large amount of areas, and single ended input output is also difficult to realize high-power output;And use transformer matched
Wideband power amplifer with its lesser area, may be implemented it is single-ended with differential conversion and without grade spacing value capacitor the advantages that
It is widely adopted.But it uses be only confined in each matching network progress list when design of transformer wideband power amplifer at present
Solely design, therefore the superposition of multiple matching network gain passband fluctuations often brings poor gain flatness, how to realize
The preferable gain flatness of wideband power amplifer is also the hot spot of current research.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the present invention is to provide the wideband power amplifers under a kind of super large bandwidth with High Gain Flatness PA.
Wideband power amplifer proposed by the present invention, it is between input, grade and defeated using the matching network based on transformer
All led to while every level-one realizes matched well using transformer, the matching network of capacitor and resistance in matching network out
It crosses between output removes compensated stage with input matching network and matches the larger passband fluctuation of bring, so that entire broadband power amplification
Device has good gain flatness.
Wide band high-gain flatness power amplifier proposed by the present invention, circuit structure as shown in Figure 1, comprising:
(1) input matching network being made of high coupling factor transformer and capacitance resistance;
The input matching network, by the way of transformer coupled, including the transformer TF with high coupling factor1To expand band
Width, with capacitor C1Carry out resonance matching point, and is used to reduce RC simultaneously in the appropriate valued resistor of common-source amplifier input terminal parallel connection
The quality factor of networking network, to realize good input matching;
(2) difference common source driving amplifiers with neutralizing capacitance;
The driving amplifier, by driving common source amplifier tube CD1、CD2With neutralizing capacitance CN1It forms, wherein neutralizing capacitance CN1It is used to
The gain for increasing driving amplifier is isolated with direction, improves the stability of power amplifier;
The inter-stage matching network of (3) high coupling factor transformers composition;
The intervalve matching circuit, the high coupling factor transformer TF for being 2:1 by transformation ratio2With capacitor C2Composition;Match circuit
The high-quality-factor network on the right, so that bringing biggish passband fluctuation while interstage matched biggish bandwidth;
(4) one are used for the difference common-source power amplifier with neutralizing capacitance of power amplification;
The difference common-source power amplifier is by common source amplifier tube MP1、MP2With neutralizing capacitance CN2Composition, principle and drive amplification
Device is identical, and 2 times having a size of driving amplifier of amplifier tube, neutralizing capacitance value is also twice of driving amplifier, thus providing
The stability of power amplifier is improved while higher-wattage exports;
(5) output matching networks being made of high coupling factor transformer and load capacitance;
By the transformer TF of high coupling factor3With capacitor C2The matching network of composition, so that output via net loss is minimum, and in
Between frequency band loss be less than both sides, so as to compensate the biggish passband fluctuation of interstage matched, and provide in entire frequency band larger
The output of power.
In the present invention, the difference common source amplifying circuit with neutralizing capacitance determines the gain and output work of power amplifier
Rate, while also assuring the stability of the power amplifier.Between input, grade based on transformer, output matching network exists
While every level-one realizes preferably matching, the design of multistage matching network is organically combined into an entirety, matching network is passed through
Design allow the biggish passband fluctuation of interstage matched be entered matching and output matching compensated so that whole
A wideband power amplifer realizes good gain flatness under super large bandwidth.
Technical characterstic of the invention and the utility model has the advantages that
(1) difference channel make full use of transformer can single double conversion the characteristics of, improve the output power of power amplifier;
(2) use of cross-neutralization capacitor increases substantially the reverse isolation of power amplifier, improves the steady of power amplifier
It is qualitative;
(3) matching network based on transformer reduces the area of matching network, while multistage matching network gain is mutual
The it is proposed of compensation substantially increases the gain flatness of power amplifier;
(4) compared to traditional method for separately designing multistage matching network, the power amplifier is between 7.5-18.5GHz
The gain of 22dB and the gain fluctuation of 1dB are realized, which is much better than traditional three dB bandwidth.
Detailed description of the invention
The structural schematic diagram of broadband high flat degree power amplifier Fig. 1 of the invention.
The equivalent output matching network of Fig. 2.
The equivalent inter-stage matching network of Fig. 3.
Fig. 4 input, between grade, output matching network loss.
The S parameter curve of Fig. 5 power amplifier.
The output power and efficiency of Fig. 6 power amplifier.
Specific embodiment
It is as shown in Figure 1 wide band high-gain flatness power amplifier of the invention.
The single-ended signal of ingoing power amplifier is converted into difference double-end signal, two-way letter into input matching network excessively first
Number amplitude it is equal, phase phase difference 180 degree, while inputting matching high-order network design and being that two pole angulars are overlapped so that
Intermediate loss ratio two sides are small, to compensate the biggish passband fluctuation of interstage matched, Fig. 4 (a) is to input matching loss.
Then this two paths of differential signals is sent in driving amplifier by common source amplifier tube MD1And MD2Amplification, so that
Rear end power amplifier can be pushed after the loss that its output power passes through inter-stage matching network, while promoting the main broadband function
The gain of rate amplifier.
Power amplifier, pole are transferred to by inter-stage matching network by the two paths of differential signals that driving amplifier amplifies later
Between matching network equivalent-circuit model it is as shown in Figure 2.Ro,dWith Co,dParallel network be driving amplifier output impedance, Rs,p
With CpSeries network be power amplifier input impedance, TF2For transformer used in interstage matched, which can be waited
Effect is by transformer coupled RC parallel network, and the Q value of second level RC parallel network is higher, therefore the high-order pair net
Two pole angulars of network are as follows:
(1)
Wherein, k is the coupling factor of transformer,For the resonance angular frequency of unilateral LC resonance network.As seen from formula (1), it adopts
Biggish bandwidth may be implemented with the transformer of high coupling factor, while introducing biggish passband fluctuation, if Fig. 4 (b) is between grade
The loss of matching network.
Following two paths of differential signals is sent in power amplifier by large scale common source amplifier tube MP1And MP2Amplification, from
And make the output power of power amplifier by exporting the requirement that can satisfy system to output power after network.
Finally, two paths of differential signals is converted into single-ended signal by double-end signal by output matching network, thus after passing through
50 ohm antennas are held to export.Fig. 3 show the equivalent circuit diagram of output matching network, wherein RoptWith CoptParallel network be logical
The best power matching impedance that overload migrates, RLTo export 50 ohm antenna impedances, CLThat specially adds is used to optimize
The capacitor of distribution network, TF3For for exporting matched transformer.Since the Q value of the right and left RC parallel network is all lower,
Two pole angulars for designing the seasonal high-order matching network are overlapped, so that realizing good output matching in whole bandwidth
While, output matching network can be used to compensate the loss of interpolar matching network, and Fig. 4 (c) is output matching loss.
S parameter curve post-layout simulation results exhibit such as Fig. 5 institute of wide band high-gain flatness power amplifier in above embodiments
Show.From the point of view of Fig. 5 result, compared to traditional wideband power amplifer, the present invention is in the good input and output matching of guarantee and instead
In the case where isolation, the gain flatness of wideband power amplifer is optimized to the passband fluctuation for only there was only 1dB.Power
The output power and efficiency post-layout simulation results exhibit of amplifier are as shown in Figure 6.From the point of view of Fig. 6 result, wide band high-gain of the invention is flat
Smooth degree power amplifier also only only has 1.5dB.Above embodiments demonstrate correctness and actual effect of the invention.