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Vol. 15 No. 2
julio-diciembre de 2015

ARTICULOS DE INVESTIGACION

The Doherty Power Amplifier with pre-amplification stage

https://doi.org/10.19053/1900771X.4255

Published 2015-06-26

  • Jonathan Javier Tinjacá-Soler
    • ,
  • William Alexander Cuevas-Carrero
    • ,
  • Edison Ferney Angarita-Malaver
    • ,
  • Jorge Julián Moreno-Rubio

Jonathan Javier Tinjacá-Soler
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia

William Alexander Cuevas-Carrero
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia

Edison Ferney Angarita-Malaver
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia

Jorge Julián Moreno-Rubio
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia

Abstract

This paper shows the general concept of the Doherty power amplifier, highlighting its superiority, in terms of average efficiency, regarding to single-stage power amplifiers. Furthermore, the posibility of including preamplification stages, in both branches of the Doherty power amplifier is presented, with the goal of increasing its gain.

Keywords

power amplifier, doherty, wireless communication, high gain, efficiency.

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Author Biography

Jonathan Javier Tinjacá-Soler

Escuela de Ingeniería Electrónica, Uptc. Grupo Inv. GINTEL

William Alexander Cuevas-Carrero

Escuela de Ingeniería Electrónica, Uptc. Grupo Inv. GINTEL

Edison Ferney Angarita-Malaver

Escuela de Ingeniería Electrónica, Uptc. Grupo Inv. GINTEL

Jorge Julián Moreno-Rubio

Escuela de Ingeniería Electrónica, Uptc. Grupo Inv. GINTEL

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