Control scheme of harmonics and third-order intermodulation distortion with composite right/left-handed structure for linearity enhancement of power amplifier module

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In this article, in order to enhance the linearity of power amplifier modules (PAM), we have suppressed the harmonics at the output port of a high-power amplifier (HPA) and cancelled the third-order intermodulation distortion (third IMD) by a predistortion scheme. The matching network to suppress the harmonics consists of metamaterial like the composite right/left-handed structure. Both the second and third harmonics are suppressed over 27 dBc. A phase of generated third IMD at the output of the drive amplifier has changed in order to offset the third IMD of HPA. The harmonics of the proposed PAM suppresses over 6 dB more than a single HPA and over 20 dB more than a reference power amplifier. The PAM has 37 dBm of output power and 21.6 dB of power gain. The second harmonic and third IMD are 53 and 42.5 dBc about PAM, respectively. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 55:14971500, 2013; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.27625

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