{"title":"Broadband GaN-Based Switch-Mode Core MMICs with 20 W Output Power Operating at UHF","authors":"S. Maroldt, R. Quay, C. Haupt, O. Ambacher","doi":"10.1109/CSICS.2011.6062483","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A high power broadband switch-mode core MMIC has been developed for an application in digital switch-mode power amplifiers, e.g., class S, for mobile communications. The three-stage design can be flexibly used at any frequency operating in UHF band up to a maximum digital bit rate of 3 Gbps, equal to a square wave frequency of 1.5 GHz. At 0.9 Gbps a maximum broadband output power of 20.5 W was measured at a drain efficiency of 76% and a power added efficiency of 70%. Controlled by a digital signal with a peak-to-peak amplitude of 3.5 V, a large signal gain of 25.3 dB was achieved.","PeriodicalId":275064,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2011 IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSICS.2011.6062483","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A high power broadband switch-mode core MMIC has been developed for an application in digital switch-mode power amplifiers, e.g., class S, for mobile communications. The three-stage design can be flexibly used at any frequency operating in UHF band up to a maximum digital bit rate of 3 Gbps, equal to a square wave frequency of 1.5 GHz. At 0.9 Gbps a maximum broadband output power of 20.5 W was measured at a drain efficiency of 76% and a power added efficiency of 70%. Controlled by a digital signal with a peak-to-peak amplitude of 3.5 V, a large signal gain of 25.3 dB was achieved.