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发表于 2009-10-3 08:41:00
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摘录 Steven Cripps的第二版"RF Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications" 里的关于CLASS A Overdrive 的一段:
见6.2节, P. 138:
This so-called “1 dB compression
point” has become almost synonymous with the maximum linear power in
some technical circles, and this can be misleading. In particular, it can be seen that at
the 1 dB compression point more RF output power is being obtained for no increase
in DC consumption, representing an efficiency of about 63%. So Class A amplifiers,
driven to the 1 dB compression point, can show similar efficiency to a Class AB
amplifier. As the device is driven still harder, 71% efficiency can be obtained at the 3
dB compression point, however the efficiency curve is asymptotic to a value of
(8/π2), or about 81%.
所以, 在CLASS A过驱动, 因为效率变好(63% P-1, 71% P-3), 更多的DC功率转化成RF功率,管子发热反而比小功率或静态时小,所以电流就降低了.
其实,不止在CLASS A过驱动有电流减少现象,有时只要RF输出功率大到一定程度, 电流都会减小的,尤其在一些散热不太好的CLASS A功放上.原理都一样, DC消耗功率和散热相关. |
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