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Distributed active transformer is a circuit topology that allows low-voltage transistors to be used to generate large amounts of RF (radio frequency) power. Its main use has been in making integrated CMOS power amplifier for wireless applications, such as GSM/GPRS cellular phones.

At the time it was introduced[when?], the distributed active transformer performance improved more than an order of magnitude relative to the previous state of the art.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ali Hajimiri. ieee.org – "My Favorite Chip" 2009
  1. Thesis - Distributed Active Transformer for Integrated Power Amplification - Ichiro Aoki (2002) - California Institute of Technology
  2. Aoki, I.; Kee, S.; Magoon, R.; Aparicio, R.; Bohn, F.; Zachan, J.; Hatcher, G.; McClymont, D.; Hajimiri, A.; "A Fully-Integrated Quad-Band GSM/GPRS CMOS Power Amplifier"; Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of; Dec. 2008
  3. Aoki, I.; Kee, S.D.; Rutledge, D.B.; Hajimiri, A.; "Fully Integrated CMOS Power Amplifier Design Using the Distributed Active-Transformer Architecture"; Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of; Mar. 2002
  4. Aoki, I.; Kee, S.D.; Rutledge, D.B.; Hajimiri, A.; "Distributed Active Transformer - A New Power-Combining and Impedance-Transformation Technique"; Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions in January 2002
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