• DocumentCode
    353134
  • Title

    A 2 W, high efficiency, 2-8 GHz, cascode HBT MMIC power distributed amplifier

  • Author

    Fraysse, J.Ph. ; Viaud, J.P. ; Campovecchio, M. ; Auxemery, Ph. ; Quere, R.

  • Author_Institution
    IRCOM, Limoges Univ., France
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    11-16 June 2000
  • Firstpage
    529
  • Abstract
    In this paper a new topology for wideband power distributed amplifiers is proposed. This topology is based on a nonlinearly optimized HBT cascode cell. More than 2 W have been measured in the 2-8 GHz frequency range with an associated gain of 9 dB and a PAE higher than 20%. Those results have been found in good agreement with the simulated ones.
  • Keywords
    MMIC power amplifiers; bipolar MMIC; distributed amplifiers; heterojunction bipolar transistors; wideband amplifiers; 2 W; 2 to 8 GHz; 20 percent; 9 dB; HBT MMIC; MMIC power distributed amplifier; cascode power distributed amplifier; high efficiency amplifier topology; nonlinearly optimized HBT cascode cell; wideband power distributed amplifiers; Circuit topology; Distributed amplifiers; Frequency; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Impedance; MMICs; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power transmission lines; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5687-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2000.861108
  • Filename
    861108