{"title":"SSPAs & TWTAs: an evolutive situation for electronic warfare applications","authors":"F. Murgadella, F. Payen, P. Coulon","doi":"10.1109/GAAS.2001.964366","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"One of the most specific military needs in microwave power amplification is wide band capability. Indeed, in order to fulfil electronic warfare specifications, amplifiers have to provide (from S- to Ku-band) a high level of output power taking into account Power Added Efficiency (PAE) and cost. Results obtained on MMICs (HBT devices) and TWTAs (MPMs) are presented in the 6-18 GHz instantaneous bandwidth. Current and anticipated results show that systems designer will have to take major improvements into account: this will lead to extensive competition in the near future between these two technologies.","PeriodicalId":269944,"journal":{"name":"GaAs IC Symposium. IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 23rd Annual Technical Digest 2001 (Cat. No.01CH37191)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2001-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"GaAs IC Symposium. IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 23rd Annual Technical Digest 2001 (Cat. No.01CH37191)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GAAS.2001.964366","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
One of the most specific military needs in microwave power amplification is wide band capability. Indeed, in order to fulfil electronic warfare specifications, amplifiers have to provide (from S- to Ku-band) a high level of output power taking into account Power Added Efficiency (PAE) and cost. Results obtained on MMICs (HBT devices) and TWTAs (MPMs) are presented in the 6-18 GHz instantaneous bandwidth. Current and anticipated results show that systems designer will have to take major improvements into account: this will lead to extensive competition in the near future between these two technologies.