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A Series-Stacked 25GHz Class-AB mm-wave PA with 40.3% PAE, 22dB Pout for 5G NR applications in GF 22nm FDSOI CMOS

PA Schematic

PA Hand Design 

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PA Plots

Power Contours @ P1dB (Load Pull)

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PA Input Impedance (ZM1) vs Input Power (Pin)

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Input Matching (S11) and Output Matching (S22) vs Input Power (Pin)

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Output Power (Pout), Gain and Power Added Efficiency (PAE) vs Input Power (Pin)

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Voltage waveforms (on drains of each transistor in the PA stack)

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