A 6 watt Ka-band MMIC power module using MMIC power amplifiers
- 22 November 2002
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Vol. 3, 1183-1186 vol.3
- https://doi.org/10.1109/mwsym.1997.596538
Abstract
In this paper we present the development of a 6 Watt 24% PAE Ka-band power module with an associated power gain of 21.5 dB. The power module consists of a driver amplifier and two power amplifier chips. These MMIC amplifiers were fabricated with a 2-mil thick substrate using 0.15-/spl mu/m InGaAs/AlGaAs/GaAs HEMT technology. The driver amplifier is a fully matched single-ended design with an output power of 27.5 dBm, a 10.7 dB power gain and 27% PAE. We use a hybrid approach for the output power amplifier which consists of two partially-matched MMIC chips and a 8-way Wilkinson combiner fabricated on alumina substrate. The MMIC power amplifiers delivered a record power of 35.4 dBm (3.5 W) with a PAE of 28% and an associated power gain of 11.5 dB. The 8-way combiner has an insertion loss of 0.6 dB. We believe this is a new benchmark for power module using monolithic approach at this frequency range.Keywords
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