A Ka-band grid amplifier module with over 10 Watts output power

Author

DeLisio, Michael P. ; Deckman, Blythe C. ; Cheung, Chun-Tung ; Martin, Suzanne C. ; Nakhla, David P. ; Hartmann, Erin E. ; Rollison, Christopher J. ; Pacetti, J.B. ; Rosenberg, James J.

Author_Institution

Wavestream Corp., West Covina, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

6-11 June 2004

Firstpage

83

Abstract

We present a Ka-band grid amplifier power module. The module is fully packaged with waveguide input and output flanges. It includes a driver grid amplifier chip for gain, followed by a booster grid amplifier chip for power. With a 50°C baseplate temperature, the module has a small signal gain of 12 dB. The single-chip output booster stage delivers over 16 Watts of saturated power. The module delivers over 10 Watts output with a constant 1.6 Watts input over a 550 MHz bandwidth. We also present a large-signal third-order intermodulation and AM/PM conversion measurements, which are consistent with expectations. To our knowledge, this is the highest power ever reported from a monolithic single-chip power amplifier at Ka-band.

Keywords

MMIC power amplifiers; integrated circuit design; intermodulation; microstrip components; millimetre wave power amplifiers; multichip modules; power combiners; 1.6 W; 12 dB; 16 W; 50 C; 550 MHz; AM/PM conversion measurements; Ka-band; booster grid amplifier chip; driver grid amplifier chip; grid amplifier module; millimiter-wave power amplifiers; output flanges; power combiner; single-chip power amplifier; third-order intermodulation; waveguide input; Bandwidth; Driver circuits; Flanges; Gain; High power amplifiers; Multichip modules; Packaging; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2004 IEEE MTT-S International

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8331-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1335806

Filename

1335806