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Linear CMOS RF Power Amplifiers for Wireless Applications pp 61–75Cite as

Frequency-Tunable Capability

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This chapter introduces the concept of frequency-tunable capability applied to RF power amplifiers, making some definitions and establishing the metrics for the evaluation of the design, which is the subject of Chap. 6. It also surveys the main techniques found in the literature that could be used in the design of the frequency-tunable amplifier. The advantages and drawbacks of each technique are discussed and the choice of the coupled-inductors technique is explained, together with the description of its use to implement a novel tunable output impedance matching network to be employed in multiband RF power amplifiers.

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    These two words, very often employed by Barrie Gilbert to explain his inventiveness, which drove him to very important contributions to the field of analog circuit design, are, according to him [19], the most potent path to invention. It also led us to this invention [30].

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    f c_c=2.25 GHz, f c_lo=2 GHz, f c_hi=2.5 GHz, and Δf c=0.5 GHz.

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    Wobbulator is a sweep signal generator that was used in cathode-ray oscilloscopes and as the local oscillator in panoramic superheterodyne receivers.

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Dal Fabbro, P.A., Kayal, M. (2010). Frequency-Tunable Capability. In: Linear CMOS RF Power Amplifiers for Wireless Applications. Analog Circuits and Signal Processing. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9361-5_5

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