ZHONG Shi-chang, CHEN Tang-sheng, YIN Xiao-xing, et al. GaN L-Band 400W Power Amplifier Design Using Large Signal Model[J]. Acta Electronica Sinica, 2020, 48(2): 398-402.
DOI:
ZHONG Shi-chang, CHEN Tang-sheng, YIN Xiao-xing, et al. GaN L-Band 400W Power Amplifier Design Using Large Signal Model[J]. Acta Electronica Sinica, 2020, 48(2): 398-402. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0372-2112.2020.02.024.
GaN L-Band 400W Power Amplifier Design Using Large Signal Model
This paper describes a L-band 400W gallium nitride (GaN) internally matched power amplifier using an accurate large signal Angelov model. The large gate-periphery GaN devices on SiC substrate are used for achieving the large output power and high efficiency. For designing exactly the power amplifier
the large signal GaN model is founded using measured pulse I-V and S parameters of different bias conditions. Based on the large signal model
the input and output matching circuits and one 55mm GaN transistor are integrated in a 17.4mm×24mm ceramic package. The amplifier finally has the pulse output power of over 400W
the power gain of over 15dB across the band of 1.2-1.4GHz and the max power added efficiency is 81.3% under the pulse drain bias voltage (Vds) of 48V
the duty is 10% with the pulse width of 100μs. The results show that the character of realized amplifier is consistent with the simulation result
which fully indicates the veracity of the developed model. And this is the most highest efficiency of a 400W power amplifier achieved in L-band.