X-band power transmitting module based on waveguide spatial power combining

Author

Szczepaniak, Zenon R. ; Arvaniti, Andrzej ; Popkowski, Jaroslaw ; Orzel-Tatarczuk, Emanuela

Author_Institution

Telecommun. Res. Inst. S.A., Warsaw, Poland

fYear

2009

fDate

20-21 April 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The paper comprises the design and structure of 60 Watt X-band power amplifier module. The module consists of amplifying, diagnostics, cooling and driving submodules. The four-way structure is proposed together with the application of a spatial power combiner based on a four-probe waveguide power splitter. The measurements results are very promising and show scalability of this solution towards higher power and good switching characteristics as well as very compact structure and simple mechanical manufacturing.

Keywords

microwave amplifiers; power amplifiers; power combiners; X-band power amplifier module; X-band power transmitting module; four-probe waveguide power splitter; four-way structure; mechanical manufacturing; power 60 W; spatial power combiner; waveguide spatial power combining; Cooling; Driver circuits; Logic circuits; Manufacturing; Multichip modules; Power amplifiers; Power dividers; Power generation; Power transistors; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, 2009. WAMICON '09. IEEE 10th Annual

Conference_Location

Clearwater, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4564-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4565-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WAMICON.2009.5207280

Filename

5207280