High power density 4 to 16 GHz non-uniform distributed power amplifier with a novel trifilar

Simon J. Mahon; Leigh E. Milner; Irfan Shahid; Anthony E. Parker; Melissa C. Gorman; Michael C. Heimlich

High power density 4 to 16 GHz non-uniform distributed power amplifier with a novel trifilar

Simon J. Mahon^*, Leigh E. Milner, Irfan Shahid, Anthony E. Parker, Melissa C. Gorman, Michael C. Heimlich

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Engineering

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Abstract

This paper describes the design and measured performance of a 4 to 16 GHz non-uniform distributed amplifier fabricated in a 0.15 µm commercial GaN process. The amplifier has 8.7-14.6 dB small-signal gain and produces 37.8-40.2 dBm CW output power with a PAE of up to 34% with good input and output match. It features novel trifilar transformers and spacesaving architecture that achieves an average power density of 1.06 W/mm2, which is the highest reported for similar well-matched broadband amplifiers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 15th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	273-276
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9782874870606
ISBN (Print)	9781728170404
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	15th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, EuMIC 2020 - Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 11 Jan 2021 → 12 Jan 2021

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Conference	15th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, EuMIC 2020
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Utrecht
Period	11/01/21 → 12/01/21

Keywords

MMIC
distributed amplifier
power amplifier
gallium nitride
trifilar transformer

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Mahon, S. J., Milner, L. E., Shahid, I., Parker, A. E., Gorman, M. C., & Heimlich, M. C. (2020). High power density 4 to 16 GHz non-uniform distributed power amplifier with a novel trifilar. In Proceedings of the 15th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (pp. 273-276). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9337304

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High power density 4 to 16 GHz non-uniform distributed power amplifier with a novel trifilar. / Mahon, Simon J.; Milner, Leigh E.; Shahid, Irfan et al.
Proceedings of the 15th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020. p. 273-276.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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