Comparative Analysis of the Effect of Loaded Quality Factor, Technology Node and Operating Frequency on Various Class E Power Amplifier Topologies

Abstract

This paper aims to explore and compare the dependence of power amplifier performance parameters on the loaded quality factor of the resonant circuit, the technology node used and the operating frequency for different variants of the class E power amplifier. In spite of the fact that the circuit parameter variations of the basic class E amplifier are present in the literature, there is a lack of comparative analysis with respect to other class E power amplifiers based on diverse tuned load networks. Moreover, the effects of these three parameters are rarely discussed. The comparative analysis helps the designers to narrow down the selection of a power amplifier to be used for a particular application. This study is focused on the use of class E power amplifiers in biomedical implants at the Medical Implant Communication Service band and Industrial Scientific and Medical band. It is observed that the power added efficiency and the power gain have an inverse dependence on the loaded quality factor, frequency and the technology node while the output power depends directly on these parameters.