1-Direct Integration of Power Amplifier and Antenna

DIRECT INTEGRATION OF POWER AMPLIFIER AND ANTENNA

This research work will concern the integration of push-pull class B amplifier and antenna modules. Push-pull class B is well-known with its fruitful advantages of using differential feeding technique, resulting in low distortion, reasonably high efficiency and high output power. Meanwhile, the antenna module in this work is adapted from the aperture-coupled antenna structure due to its degree of freedom to control the variables which provide the best possible topology that could be realised in system on chip or system in package. More generally, the available variables are expected to allow good coverage of the Smith Chart so that a wide range of odd-mode matching requirements could be met, for different devices and bias condition of a given transistor. The approach also offers additional filtering up to 3rd harmonic in that it comprises identical harmonic traps on both sides of the aperture using resonant stubs to form bandstop filters, which is expected to reduce the ripples at the output waveforms, giving them a significant advantage of neat and tight integration of a push-pull transmitting amplifier.

PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR:

DR. FARID BIN ZUBIR

MEMBERS:

DR. OSMAN BIN AYOP

PROF. DR. MOHAMAD KAMAL B. A. RAHIM

DR. NOOR ASNIZA BINTI MURAD

DR. ASMAWATI BINTI SAMSURI

DR. MOHD FAIRUS BIN MOHD YUSOFF

DR. MOHAMAD RIJAL BIN HAMID