A Hybrid Integrated and Low-Cost Multi-Chip Broadband Doherty Power Amplifier Module for 5G Massive MIMO Application

Fei Huang , Guansheng Lv , Huibo Wu , Wenhua Chen , Zhenghe Feng

Engineering ›› 2024, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (7) : 249 -258.

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Engineering ›› 2024, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (7) : 249 -258. DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2024.01.017
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A Hybrid Integrated and Low-Cost Multi-Chip Broadband Doherty Power Amplifier Module for 5G Massive MIMO Application

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In this paper, a hybrid integrated broadband Doherty power amplifier (DPA) based on a multi-chip module (MCM), whose active devices are fabricated using the gallium nitride (GaN) process and whose passive circuits are fabricated using the gallium arsenide (GaAs) integrated passive device (IPD) process, is proposed for 5G massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) application. An inverted DPA structure with a low-Q output network is proposed to achieve better bandwidth performance, and a single-driver architecture is adopted for a chip with high gain and small area. The proposed DPA has a bandwidth of 4.4-5.0 GHz that can achieve a saturation of more than 45.0 dBm. The gain compression from 37 dBm to saturation power is less than 4 dB, and the average power-added efficiency (PAE) is 36.3% with an 8.5 dB peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) in 4.5-5.0 GHz. The measured adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) is better than −50 dBc after digital predistortion (DPD), exhibiting satisfactory linearity.

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5G / Doherty power amplifier / Multi-input multi-output / Multi-chip modules / Hybrid integrated

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Fei Huang, Guansheng Lv, Huibo Wu, Wenhua Chen, Zhenghe Feng, , , , , . A Hybrid Integrated and Low-Cost Multi-Chip Broadband Doherty Power Amplifier Module for 5G Massive MIMO Application. Engineering, 2024, 38(7): 249-258 DOI:10.1016/j.eng.2024.01.017

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