• DocumentCode
    3203406
  • Title

    GaN transistor-based Class E power amplifier for the low L-band

  • Author

    Ng-Molina, F.Y. ; Martín-Guerrero, T.M. ; Camacho-Peñalosa, C. ; García, J.A. ; Mata-Contreras, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. Ing. de Comun., Univ. de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    18-19 April 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    A GaN HEMT-based Class E power amplifier to work in the low L-band has been designed, built and measured. Measurements exhibit a 74% Power Added Efficiency and a 15W output power performance. The prototype has been tested under continuous wave excitation, two tone input signal and a constant envelope modulated signal used for the E5 band (1.19 GHz) of the future Galileo navigation system.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; UHF amplifiers; UHF transistors; high electron mobility transistors; power amplifiers; wide band gap semiconductors; GaN; HEMT-based class E power amplifier; efficiency 74 percent; frequency 1.19 GHz; power 15 W; Distortion measurement; Frequency measurement; Gallium nitride; Modulation; Power amplifiers; Power measurement; Prototypes; Class E; GaN HEMT; Power amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits (INMMIC), 2011 Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Vienna
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0650-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INMMIC.2011.5773342
  • Filename
    5773342