Broad-band microwave power amplifiers in GaN technology

被引:8
作者
Krishnamurthy, K [1 ]
Keller, S [1 ]
Mishra, UK [1 ]
Rodwell, MJW [1 ]
Long, SI [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
来源
GAAS IC SYMPOSIUM - 22ND ANNUAL, TECHNICAL DIGEST 2000 | 2000年
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D O I
10.1109/GAAS.2000.906267
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We report lumped power amplifiers with > 4.4 W saturated output power over 2 - 8 GHz bandwidth in a GaN HEMT technology. Peak output power and PAE are 5.12 W and 21 % respectively at 6 GHz, under class-A operation. Also reported are GaAs MESFET / GaN HEMT cascode distributed amplifiers with 1 - 9 GHz bandwidth and with peak output power and PAE of 1.35 W and 14% respectively at 8 GHz.
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页数:4
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