An Adaptive Bi-Band Doherty PA with Main-Peak Amplifier Swapping and Extended Bandwidth Performance

This paper presents the design, implementation, and characterization of a broadband power amplifier (PA) with a reconfigurable architecture, capable of efficient operation across a wide frequency range of 0.2–3.6 GHz. Leveraging Gallium Nitride (GaN) devices, the PA achieves high efficiency and powe...

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Published in:	Inventions
Main Authors:	Jorge Julian Moreno Rubio, Edison Ferney Angarita Malaver, Jairo Alonso Mesa Lara
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2025-08-01
Subjects:	power combining Doherty power amplifiers GaN GaAs millimeter-wave
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5134/10/4/69

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