학술논문

A 5 W AlGaN/GaN power amplifier MMIC for 25–27 GHz downlink applications
Document Type
Conference
Source
2018 11th German Microwave Conference (GeMiC) Microwave Conference (GeMiC), 2018 11th German. :9-12 Mar, 2018
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Power generation
Gain
Gallium nitride
HEMTs
Scattering parameters
Frequency measurement
Data downlink
high power amplifier
K-band
Ka-band
LEO
MMICs
Language
Abstract
This work presents the design and analysis of a 5 W power amplifier (PA) MMIC operating between 25 and 27 GHz. The technology used is the 0.1 µm AlGaN/GaN HEMT process of Fraunhofer IAF. To benchmark its performance around 26 GHz two preliminary designs are synthesized and analyzed. The measured results demonstrate for the final MMIC up to 5.2 W of output power associated with 32 % of power added efficiency (PAE). A peak PAE of 35 % was observed in continuous-wave (CW) operation at a drain supply voltage of 15 V.