A High PAE, Highly Integrated, Low-Cost 500W Pulsed S-Band GaN IMFET Power Amplifier

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作者
Zhao, Bo [1 ]
Henricksen, Brian [1 ]
Santhakumar, Raj [1 ]
机构
[1] Qorvo Inc, 1201 E Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75081 USA
来源
2018 IEEE RADAR CONFERENCE (RADARCONF18) | 2018年
关键词
power amplifier; Gallium Nitride; S-band; HEMT; IMFET; PAE;
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TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
This paper describes a highly-integrated, high efficiency, internally matched, low-cost GaN HEMT power amplifier (IMFET PA) operating in the S-band, 2.9 - 3.3 GHz, using Qorvo's high performance 50 V, 0.25 um, GaN-on-SiC process technology. Dimensions of the complete PA module are 17.4 mm x 24 mm. Typically, this amplifier demonstrates 530 W pulsed power, 66 % Power added efficiency (PAE) and 14 dB compressed gain.
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页码:1416 / 1421
页数:6
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