Novel power combining for a 5-18 GHz, 10-21 W, non-uniform distributed power amplifier

Simon J. Mahon; Leigh E. Milner; Irfan Shahid; Michael C. Heimlich

doi:10.1109/APMC52720.2021.9661806

Novel power combining for a 5-18 GHz, 10-21 W, non-uniform distributed power amplifier

Simon J. Mahon, Leigh E. Milner, Irfan Shahid, Michael C. Heimlich

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Abstract

This paper describes the novel power combining strategy and measured performance of a 5 to 18 GHz non-uniform distributed power amplifier fabricated in a 0.15 μm commercial GaN process. The amplifier has 10 dB small-signal gain and produces 10 to 21 W output power with a PAE of up to 34% with good input and output match. Its output power is the highest reported output for similar well-matched broadband amplifiers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	112-114
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665437820
ISBN (Print)	9781665437837
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APMC52720.2021.9661806
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	2021 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2021 - Virtual, Online, Australia Duration: 28 Nov 2021 → 1 Dec 2021

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Conference	2021 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2021
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Virtual, Online
Period	28/11/21 → 1/12/21

Keywords

MMIC
distributed amplifier
power amplifier
gallium nitride
trifilar transformer

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Mahon, SJ, Milner, LE, Shahid, I & Heimlich, MC 2021, Novel power combining for a 5-18 GHz, 10-21 W, non-uniform distributed power amplifier. in 2021 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 112-114, 2021 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2021, Virtual, Online, Australia, 28/11/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/APMC52720.2021.9661806

Novel power combining for a 5-18 GHz, 10-21 W, non-uniform distributed power amplifier. / Mahon, Simon J.; Milner, Leigh E.; Shahid, Irfan et al.
2021 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021. p. 112-114.

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