Kahn-technique transmitter for L-band communication/radar

Author

Raab, Frederick H. ; Poppe, Martin C., III

Author_Institution

Green Mountain Radio Res., Colchester, VT, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

10-14 Jan. 2010

Firstpage

100

Lastpage

103

Abstract

This Kahn-technique (Envelope Elimination and Restoration) transmitter operates at 1.2 GHz and produces a PEP output of 50 W. It employs a GaN-HEMT class-F RF-power amplifier, class-S modulators, and a digital signal processor. An overall (driver + final) efficiency of 50 percent or more is maintained over the top 6 dB of the output range. The driver and final are operated to maximize overall efficiency and the predistortion corrects for amplitude and phase errors. While originally intended for pulsed radar applications, the transmitter is capable of producing a wide variety of signals with good linearity and average efficiency.

Keywords

digital signal processing chips; distortion; high electron mobility transistors; phased array radar; radar signal processing; radar transmitters; GaN; GaN-HEMT class-F RF-power amplifier; Kahn-technique transmitter; L-band communication; L-band radar; digital signal processor; frequency 1.2 GHz; phased-array radar; power 50 W; predistortion; pulsed radar; Digital modulation; Digital signal processors; Driver circuits; Error correction; L-band; Linearity; Predistortion; Radar applications; Signal restoration; Transmitters; GaN; Kahn technique; L band; Microwave power amplifiers. class F; predistortion; transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4725-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4726-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RWS.2010.5434114

Filename

5434114