• DocumentCode
    861500
  • Title

    100 W C-band single-chip GaN FET power amplifier

  • Author

    Okamoto, Y. ; Wakejima, A. ; Ando, Y. ; Nakayama, T. ; Matsunaga, K. ; Miyamoto, H.

  • Author_Institution
    R&D Assoc. for Future Electron Devices, NEC Corp., Otsu Shiga, Japan
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    3/2/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    283
  • Lastpage
    285
  • Abstract
    A single-chip GaN-FET amplifier exhibits record output powers of C-band solid-state amplifiers under continuous-wave (CW) and pulsed operation conditions. At 5.0 GHz, the developed GaN-FET amplifier with 24 mm gate periphery delivered a CW 100 W output power with 12.9 dB linear gain and 31% power-added efficiency and a pulsed 155 W output power with 13.0 dB linear gain.
  • Keywords
    HEMT circuits; III-V semiconductors; gallium compounds; microwave power amplifiers; power HEMT; wide band gap semiconductors; 100 W; 12.9 dB; 13 dB; 155 W; 5 GHz; AlGaN-GaN; C-band power amplifier; FET power amplifier; continuous-wave condition; heterojunction FET; linear gain; power-added efficiency; pulsed operation condition; pulsed output power; solid-state amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20064067
  • Filename
    1604866