Microwave Class-F and Inverse Class-F Power Amplifiers Designs using GaN Technology and GaAs pHEMT

S. Gao; P. Butterworth; A. Sambell; C. Sanabria; H. Xu; S. Heikman; U. Mishra; R. A. York

doi:10.1109/EUMC.2006.281473

Microwave Class-F and Inverse Class-F Power Amplifiers Designs using GaN Technology and GaAs pHEMT

S. Gao, P. Butterworth, A. Sambell, C. Sanabria, H. Xu, S. Heikman, U. Mishra, R. A. York

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This paper presents the designs and results of two high-efficiency harmonics-tuned microwave power amplifiers (PA): the first one is a 2 GHz class-F PA in monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) by using GaN HEMT technology, and the other one is a 2.4S-GHz inverse class-F PA using packaged GaAs pHEMT devices with PCB technology. In the class-F MMIC PA, field-plated GaN HEMT device is used for high-power performance. The 2.0GHz class-F MMIC PA achieves a PAE of 50%, 38 dBm output power, and 6.2 W/mm power density. The inverse class-F PA at 2.45 GHz achieves 22.6 dBm output power and 73% PAE at 3 dB compression, and has very low cost.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2006
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	1719-1722
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	2960055160, 9782960055160
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EUMC.2006.281473
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	36th European Microwave Conference - Manchester, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Sep 2006 → 15 Sep 2006 Conference number: 36

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Conference	36th European Microwave Conference
Abbreviated title	EuMC 2006
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Manchester
Period	10/09/06 → 15/09/06

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Gao, S, Butterworth, P, Sambell, A, Sanabria, C, Xu, H, Heikman, S, Mishra, U & York, RA 2007, Microwave Class-F and Inverse Class-F Power Amplifiers Designs using GaN Technology and GaAs pHEMT. in Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2006., 4058182, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 1719-1722, 36th European Microwave Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom, 10/09/06. https://doi.org/10.1109/EUMC.2006.281473

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