Extended Inverse Class-F Continuum for Designing Broadband Power Amplifier

The impedance space of the continuous inverse class-F power amplifier (PA) is extended in this paper. Traditionally, for extending impedance space, a reactive term is introduced into the current waveform of the continuous inverse class-F PA. In this paper, two reactive terms are introduced into the current and voltage waveforms simultaneously. The proposed method results in an expansive impedance space for designing broadband continuous inverse class-F PAs. For validating the proposed theory, a broadband PA working over 1.2–4.0[Formula: see text]GHz is designed and fabricated. Experimental results indicate that the fabricated broadband PA delivers a saturation power of 40.2–42.8[Formula: see text]dBm and a drain efficiency of 50.7–69%.