The 20 W C-band lightweight GaN HPA for wireless sensor and power transmission in a spacecraft

Author

Hasegawa, Naoki ; Yoshida, Sigeru ; Furuta, S. ; Moriguchi, Y. ; Kawasaki, S.

Author_Institution

Res. Inst. for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

8-9 May 2014

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

23

Abstract

In this study, a C band 20 W class GaN high power amplifier (HPA) for microwave power transmission (MPT) to sensor nodes in a spacecraft was designed. The weight of HPA was reduced by use of carbon graphite fixture. Measurement results of the small signal S parameters and large signal input output characteristics was shown. The measured S parameter corresponded with ADS simulation result and |S₂₁| was 10.6 dB at 5.8 GHz. The maximum output power was 44.2 dBm (26.3W) at 38.7 dBm RF input. The gain at 38.7 dBm RF input also was 6.1dB and gain compression from small signal condition was 4.5 dB. The lightweight GaN HPA was fabricated with carbon graphite fixture.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aircraft power systems; electronics packaging; gallium compounds; graphite; high electron mobility transistors; microwave power amplifiers; microwave power transmission; power electronics; space vehicle electronics; telecommunication power supplies; wide band gap semiconductors; wireless sensor networks; C; C-band amplifier; GaN; carbon graphite fixture; gain 4.5 dB; gain 6.1 dB; high power amplifier; lightweight HPA; microwave power transmission; power 20 W; small signal S parameter; spacecraft power transmission; wireless sensor; Carbon; Copper; Gallium nitride; Graphite; HEMTs; Radio frequency; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Jeju

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WPT.2014.6839618

Filename

6839618