2010 IEEE Topical Symposium on
Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications

Advance Program

Monday, September 13

7:00 am     Registration and Continental Breakfast

8.00-9.40     Session 1: Handset Power Amplifiers

8:00     Introduction and Welcome by Paul Draxler, Symposium Chair

8:10     1.1   "RF Wireless Handset Transceivers" (Invited)
Sayfe Kiaei,
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

8:40     1.2   "Multi-band Power Amplifier on an LTCC Substrate"
Takayuki Furuta, Atsushi Fukuda, Kunihiro Kawai, Hiroshi Okazaki, Shoichi Narahashi, NTT-DoCoMo, Inc.,
Japan

9:00     1.3   "Two-Stage Band-Selectable CMOS Power Amplifier"
JeeYoung Hong, Daisuke Imanishi, Kenichi Okada, Akira Matsuzawa,
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

9:20     1.4   "Dual Band Current-mode Class-D CMOS PA using On-board Guanella Reverse Balun"
T. Nakatani1,2, J. Rode1, D. F. Kimball1, L. E. Larson1, P. M. Asbeck1, S. Osman3
1University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2Corporate R&D, Panasonic Corporation, Japan,
3PRDCA, Panasonic Corporation of North America, CA

9:40 Coffee Break

10.10-12.00 Session 2: Linearization & Modeling

10:10     2.1   "Model Order Selection for Adaptive Digital Predistortion"
R. Neil Braithwaite,
Powerwave Technologies, Inc., CA,

10:30     2.2   "Nonlinear Modelling of GaN Device for Microwave Power Amplifiers"
J. B. King, R. G. Brady, T. J. Brazil,
RF & Microwave Research Group, University College, Dublin, Ireland

10:50     2.3   "Application of a Design of Experiment Approach to Handset Power Amplifier Design"
P. J. Zampardi, D. Nelson, S. Rohlfing,
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Newbury Park, CA

11:10     2.4   "Digital Predistortion from an RF Perspective"
M. D. LeFevre, D. W. Runton, C. T. Burns, M. K. Mellor,
RFMD, Chandler, AZ

11.30     2.5   "Learning Systems for Predistortion of a Power Amplifier"
R. Neil Braithwaite,
Powerwave Technologies, Inc., CA,

12:00 Lunch Traditions and Thorens Rooms

1.20-2.50 Session 3: Microwave and Broadband Power Amplifiers

1:20     3.1   "Pulling Power" (Invited)
Steve C. Cripps,
Hywave Associates, Somerset, UK

1:50     3.2   "High Efficiency Class-J Amplifier with Ehanced Harmonic Suppression"
N. Tuffy, A. Zhu, R. G. Brady, T. J. Brazil,
RF & Microwave Research Group, University College, Dublin, Ireland

2:10     3.3   "Analysis of Class B-J Design Space for Broadband and Highly Efficient PA"
D. Yu-Ting Wu, S. Boumaiza,
EmRG, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

2:30     3.4   "High Linearity Auxiliary Envelope Tracking (AET) Syaytem using GaN Class-J Power Amplifier"
Z. Yusuff, S. Woodington, J. Lees, J. Benedikt, P. J. Tasker, S. C. Cripps,
Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK

2:50 Coffee break

3.20-5.00 Session 4: 'Exotic' Power Amplifiers and Characterization

3.20     4.1   "Quasi-Optimal Class E Networks"
P. Blakey, N. Venkatraman,
RF Innovation, Flagstaff, AZ

3.40     4.2   "Synchronous Band-Pass Pulse Width Modulation for High-Efficiency Switching-Mode Power
Amplifiers"

J. Rode, P. M. Asbeck,
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

4.00     4.3   "High efficiency Broadband GaN Power Amplifier IC Spanning from UHF to L-Band"
J. J. Yan, P. M. Asbeck,
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

4.20     4.4   "Loadpull Data Post-Processing of Multivariable Datasets"
D. Holmes, P. Hart, M. Bokatius,
RF Division, Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Tempe, AZ

4.40     4.5   "Transistor Output Parasitics and Intrinsic Waveforms Estimation by Time-Domain Waveform
Measurements and Loadpull"

M. Olavsbraten, M. Ubostad,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

5:00 Reception Traditions Room

7:00 Banquet Buffet University Club Bistro

Tuesday, September 14

7:00 am     Continental Breakfast

8.00-9.40     Session 5: High Power Amplifiers

8:00     Second Day Opening Remarks by Paul Draxler, Symposium Chair

8:10     5.1   " Realizing Doherty Power Amplifier Designs" (Invited)
David Runton,
RFMD, Chandler, AZ

8:40     5.2   "Concept of Partitioning Design for First-Pass Success Realization of Complex Linear RF Power Amplifiers for BTS"
Rui Ma1, G. Kompa2, A. Bangert2,
1Nokia-Siemens Networks Technology, Beijing, China,
2Microwave Electronics Lab., University of Kassel, Germany

9:00     5.3   "Broadband and High-EfficiencyGaN HEMT Doherty Power Amplifier"
J. Kim, S. Boumaiza,
EmRG, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

9:20     5.4   "Active Integrated Antenna Implementation of a GaN HEMT Class-F Power Amplifier Designed at 2.45 GHz"
Lu Wang, Hao Xin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

9:40 Coffee Break

10.10-12.00     Session 6: Envelope-Tracking Power Amplifiers and Passive Components

10.10     6.1   "High Efficiency RF Line-up for UMTS WCDMA RF Chain"
D. Kimball, J. J. Yan, P. Draxler*, C. Hsia, P. M. Asbeck
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
*UCSD & Qualcomm, San Diego, CA

10.30     6.2   "A Wideband High Efficiency Envelope Tracking Power Amplifiers using High Voltage GaAs HBTs"
C. Hsia, D. Kimball, P. Draxler*, J. J. Yan, P. M. Asbeck
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
*UCSD & Qualcomm, San Diego, CA

10.50     6.3   "Dynamic Biasing for Linear and Efficient Microwave Amplification"
J. F. Miranda, M. Olavsbraten,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

11.10     6.4   "Ferroelectric Thick-Film Varactors for Efficiency Enhancement of Power Amplifiers"
H. Maune, M. Sazegar, X. Zhou, Y. Zheng, R. Jakoby
Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Microwave Engineering, Darmstadt, Germany

11.30     6.5   "Compact Dual-Band Wilkinson Power Divider using Lumped Component Resonators in p-shaped Sections"
Z. Wang, J. S. Jang, C. W. Park,
Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

11:50     Closing Remarks and Conclusion of Symposium