Measurement of the influence of non periodic pulse train on the nonlinear behavior of radar power amplifier using mixer based NVNA

Author

Bridier, Vincent ; Graux, Francois ; Ducatteau, Damien ; Dambrine, Gilles ; Simon, Hans-Joachim ; Olivier, Maxime ; Eudeline, Philippe

Author_Institution

Rohde & Schwarz France, Meudon la forêt, France

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Taking advantage of a recently developed 20GHz six port mixer based nonlinear vector network analyzer (NVNA) prototype able to measure three frequencies simultaneously, the time domain tension and current waveforms are reconstructed at each chosen pulse of a non periodic pulse train starting from first pulse. This new instrument is used to study the influence of realistic radar pulse train on a 5W S-band GaN on silicon HEMT transistor.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium compounds; mixers (circuits); network analysers; power HEMT; power amplifiers; silicon; time-domain analysis; waveform analysis; wide band gap semiconductors; HEMT transistor; S-band; Si-GaN; current waveforms; frequency 20 GHz; frequency measurement; mixer based NVNA; non periodic pulse train; nonlinear behavior; nonlinear vector network analyzer; power 5 W; radar power amplifier; radar pulse train; time domain tension; Pulse measurements; Receivers; Standards; Transistors; GaN HEMT; Non periodic pulse train; Nonlinear vector network analyzer; Power amplifier; Pulse to pulse; Radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference (Radar), 2014 International

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2014.7060409

Filename

7060409