Electronics, Vol. 14, Pages 2813: Design of Wideband Power Amplifier Using Improved Particle Swarm Optimization with Output Power and Efficiency Constraints

Electronics doi: 10.3390/electronics14142813

Authors:
Hanyue Wang
Yunqin Chen
Wa Kong
Jianwei Qi
Zhaowen Zheng
Jing Xia

In order to expand the bandwidth of the power amplifier (PA), this paper proposes a PA optimization design method based on improved particle swarm optimization (PSO) with output power and efficiency as optimization objectives. Simulated annealing strategy and adaptive inertia weight are introduced to PSO to achieve the global optimum and accelerate the convergence speed. Considering performance metrics of PA, such as the efficiency and output power, a piecewise objective function is formulated for wideband PA optimization design. For validation, a wideband PA operating at 0.5–4.3 GHz (fractional bandwidth of 158.3%) was designed and fabricated. Measured results show a saturated output power ranging from 39.7 to 42.4 dBm and an efficiency between 60.5 and 68.8% within the operating bandwidth.

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