Multiharmonic Volterra Model Dedicated To The Design Of Wideband And Highly Efficient GaN Power Amplifiers

It is important for future RF communication systems to have high power-added efficiency, high linearity, and wide bandwidths. Amplifiers in today’s base stations consume a lot of power in order to send complex and wideband modulated signals. It is therefore necessary to develop more efficient base stations and power amplifiers to reduce overcrowding, and to overcome low efficiency and the need for device cooling. This paper presents Maury Microwave’s new behavioral model called the multiharmonic Volterra (MHV) model for designing wideband and highly efficient power amplifiers with packaged transistors in computer-aided design (CAD) software. Download the full article for more information on its theory of operation and experimental validation.