Title :
Compact, reliable 70-watt X-band power module with greater than 30-percent PAE
Author :
Sweder, J. ; Truitt, G.A. ; Nelson, S.R. ; Mason, J.S.
Author_Institution :
Texas Instrum. Inc., Dallas, TX, USA
Abstract :
A compact X-band solid state module with greater than 70 watts and over 30 percent PAE has been demonstrated over 9.5 to 9.9 GHz. A peak power level in excess of 77 watts with an associated PAE greater than 31 percent is reported. Minimum gain is greater than 13 dB over this frequency range. This was accomplished by combining six highly reliable 12-watt HFET MMIC amplifiers.
Keywords :
MMIC power amplifiers; field effect MMIC; integrated circuit reliability; microwave power amplifiers; 13 dB; 31 percent; 77 W; 9.5 to 9.9 GHz; HFET MMIC amplifiers; IC reliability; PAE; X-band; peak power level; power added efficiency; Assembly; Frequency; HEMTs; High power amplifiers; Instruments; MMICs; MODFETs; Multichip modules; Pulse amplifiers; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1996., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3246-6
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1996.508462
