Title :
A compact S-band MMIC high power amplifier module
Author :
Murae, T. ; Fujii, K. ; Matsuno, T.
Author_Institution :
Japan Radio Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
This paper shows an S-band MMIC power amplifier (PA) and an MMIC based solid state power amplifier (SSPA) module for pulse radar applications. The MMIC PA achieves 43.3 dBm minimum output power with better than 40% power added efficiency (PAE) over 2.6 to 3.3 GHz frequencies. The design and performance of a compact MMIC based SSPA module is also reported. The SSPA module composed of four MMIC PAs achieves 48.3 dBm minimum output power with 32% PAE, over 2.7 to 3.1 GHz frequencies.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MMIC power amplifiers; gallium arsenide; impedance matching; power combiners; radar transmitters; 2.6 to 3.3 GHz; 2.7 to 3.1 GHz; 32 percent; 40 percent; GaAs; MMIC; PAE; S-band; high power amplifier module; minimum output power; power added efficiency; pulse radar applications; solid state power amplifier module; Circuits; FETs; High power amplifiers; Impedance matching; MMICs; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Radar applications; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5687-X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2000.863512
