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3-20 GHz GaN MMIC Power Amplifier Design Through a COUT Compensation Strategy

Rubio, Jorge Julian Moreno, Quaglia, Roberto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3228-301X, Piacibello, Anna, Camarchia, Vittorio, Tasker, Paul J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6760-7830 and Cripps, Steve ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2258-951X 2021. 3-20 GHz GaN MMIC Power Amplifier Design Through a COUT Compensation Strategy. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters 31 (5) , pp. 469-472. 10.1109/LMWC.2021.3066282

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Abstract

This paper presents the design approach for a compact, single-stage, wideband MMIC power amplifier. A method is proposed to compensate the output capacitance of the active device over a frequency range as wide as possible, with minimum impact on the achievable output power, that leads to a 2- element compensating network. A 3- section transformer is then adopted for a real-to-real transformation. The CW characterization shows output power higher than 32dBm and drain efficiency between 35% and 45%, over a fractional bandwidth of 148%, from 3 GHz to 20 GHz.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Engineering
Additional Information: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
ISSN: 1531-1309
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 9 April 2021
Date of Acceptance: 2 March 2021
Last Modified: 12 Nov 2023 09:50
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/140389

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