An 11-W Ka-Band GaN HPA MMIC Based on Self-Developed Empirical Model

Xu Yan; Jingyuan Zhang; Wenrui Hu; Haorui Luo; Yongxin Guo

doi:10.1109/APMC47863.2020.9331680

An 11-W Ka-Band GaN HPA MMIC Based on Self-Developed Empirical Model

Xu Yan^*
, Jingyuan Zhang
, Wenrui Hu
, Haorui Luo
, Yongxin Guo^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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In this paper, the design and performance of a three-stage Ka-Band balanced high power amplifier (HPA) MMIC are presented. The proposed HPA utilizes the 150-nm GaN-SiC HEMT process and self-developed empirical model. By incorporating wideband matching networks and Lange couplers, large saturated output power, high gain, and good matching conditions are realized simultaneously. Simulated in continuous-wave (CW) operation, the proposed MMIC enjoys 20 dB gain covering 3-dB bandwidth of 3236 GHz with better than -8 dB impedance matching. For large-signal performance, 11 W peak output power (Psat) associated with 24% power-added-efficiency (PAE) is achieved at 34.2 GHz. The die size of the proposed HPA core is 3.5×4.0 mm. © 2020 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	254-256
ISBN (Print)	9781728169620
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APMC47863.2020.9331680
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	2020 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference - Virtual, Virtual, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Duration: 8 Dec 2020 → 11 Dec 2020 http://www.ee.cityu.edu.hk/skltmw/apmc2020/index.php

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Conference	2020 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference
Abbreviated title	APMC 2020
Place	Hong Kong, China
City	Virtual, Hong Kong
Period	8/12/20 → 11/12/20
Internet address	http://www.ee.cityu.edu.hk/skltmw/apmc2020/index.php

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empirical model
Gallium Nitride
High power amplifier
Ka-Band
MMICs

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Yan, X, Zhang, J, Hu, W, Luo, H & Guo, Y 2020, An 11-W Ka-Band GaN HPA MMIC Based on Self-Developed Empirical Model. in 2020 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC). Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC, IEEE, pp. 254-256, 2020 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, Virtual, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 8/12/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/APMC47863.2020.9331680

An 11-W Ka-Band GaN HPA MMIC Based on Self-Developed Empirical Model. / Yan, Xu; Zhang, Jingyuan; Hu, Wenrui et al.
2020 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC). IEEE, 2020. p. 254-256 (Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC).

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