Ultra-compact high speed mmW transceiver using GaN Power Amplifier technology

Author

Brown, Ken ; Brown, Andrew ; Feenstra, Travis ; Gritters, Darin ; Ko, Elbert ; O´Connor, Shane ; Pierce, Arlin ; Sanders, April ; Sotelo, Michael

Author_Institution

Raytheon Missile Syst., Tucson, AZ, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

17-22 May 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Recent advances in high power millimeter wave (mmW) Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology combined with advances in high-speed modem modulation efficiency has enabled the development of an ultra-compact long range mmW transceiver. This paper outlines the various aspects of this transceiver front-end development including the compact mmW antenna, integrated mmW circuitry, and single-chip GaN Power Amplifier (PA). Data links configured using this transceiver were evaluated in-chamber and outdoors between two mountain tops. Data rates up to 6.5 Giga-bits-per-second (Gbps) were demonstrated.

Keywords

MIMIC; gallium compounds; millimetre wave antennas; millimetre wave power amplifiers; modems; radio links; radio transceivers; GaN; compact mmW antenna; data links; high-speed modem modulation efficiency; integrated mmW circuitry; millimeter wave; power amplifier technology; transceiver frontend development; ultra compact high speed mmW transceiver; Bit error rate; Heating; MMICs; Power amplifiers; Reflector antennas; Reliability; Transceivers; Gallium Nitride; millimeter wave; power amplifier;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2015 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7166801

Filename

7166801