Title :
K through Ka-band driver and power amplifiers
Author :
Simon, K.M. ; Wohlert, R.M. ; Wendler, J.P. ; Aucoin, L.M. ; Vye, D.W.
Author_Institution :
Raytheon Co., Andover, MA, USA
Abstract :
First pass low, medium, and high power MMIC amplifiers operating over the 17 to 40 GHz band have been demonstrated. The low power driver amplifier delivers 8 dBm output power with 8 dB associated gain and the medium power driver amplifier delivers a minimum of 13 dBm with 8 dB associated gain across the band. The high power amplifier delivers 24 dBm output power from 17 to 35 GHz and greater than 22 dBm from 35 to 40 GHz with a minimum of 17.5 dB associated gain. The low power driver amplifier and the high power amplifier were combined to demonstrate a minimum of 22.5 dBm output power with greater than 24.5 dB associated gain across the 17 to 40 GHz band.
Keywords :
HEMT integrated circuits; MMIC power amplifiers; driver circuits; field effect MIMIC; field effect MMIC; millimetre wave amplifiers; power amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; 17 to 40 GHz; 17.5 dB; 24.5 dB; 8 dB; MMIC amplifiers; PHEMT amplifiers; broadband amplifiers; driver amplifiers; high power amplifier; low power amplifier; medium power amplifier; mm-wave amplifiers; output power; Broadband amplifiers; Contracts; Costs; Driver circuits; Frequency; Gain; High power amplifiers; MMICs; Power amplifiers; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1996. Digest of Papers., IEEE 1996
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3360-8
DOI :
10.1109/MCS.1996.506297
