PMID- 36557378
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20221226
IS  - 2072-666X (Print)
IS  - 2072-666X (Electronic)
IS  - 2072-666X (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 12
DP  - 2022 Nov 26
TI  - C-Band 30 W High PAE Power Amplifier MMIC with Second Harmonic Suppression for 
      Radar Network Application.
LID - 10.3390/mi13122079 [doi]
LID - 2079
AB  - In order to meet the application requirements of radar networks for high 
      efficiency and high second harmonic suppression (SHS) of power amplifiers, this 
      paper proposes a C-band 30 W power amplifier (PA) microwave monolithic integrated 
      circuit (MMIC) based on 0.25 mum gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility 
      transistor (HEMT) process. The proposed PA uses a two-stage amplifier structure 
      to achieve high power gain. A topology with SHS is designed in the 
      output-matching network. Besides, the large signal model load pull simulation and 
      the harmonic control technology in the output stage are used to improve 
      efficiency. The high-power additional efficiency (PAE) and high SHS of the PA 
      MMIC are achieved simultaneously. In the 5-6 GHz frequency range, multiple 
      indicator measurements of the proposed PA show that output power is over 45 dBm, 
      the PAE is more than 57%, the SHS exceeds 45 dBc, the power gain is greater than 
      24 dB, which are conducted under the condition of 100 mus pulse width and 10% duty 
      cycle. In addition, the size of the PA MMIC, including bonding pads, is 3.3 x 3.1 
      mm(2).
FAU - Yang, Fan
AU  - Yang F
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1430-457X
AD  - School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science 
      and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.
AD  - Microwave Technology Research and Development Center, Beijing Institute of Radio 
      Measurement, Beijing 100854, China.
FAU - Song, Leijun
AU  - Song L
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8709-3120
AD  - Microwave Technology Research and Development Center, Beijing Institute of Radio 
      Measurement, Beijing 100854, China.
FAU - Xu, Yuehang
AU  - Xu Y
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1706-2681
AD  - School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science 
      and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.
LA  - eng
GR  - 61922021/National Natural Science Foundation of China/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20221126
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Micromachines (Basel)
JT  - Micromachines
JID - 101640903
PMC - PMC9782156
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - additional power efficiency (PAE)
OT  - microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC)
OT  - power amplifier (PA)
OT  - radar network
OT  - second harmonic suppression (SHS)
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the 
      design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in 
      the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results.
EDAT- 2022/12/24 06:00
MHDA- 2022/12/24 06:01
PMCR- 2022/11/26
CRDT- 2022/12/23 01:46
PHST- 2022/11/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/11/20 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/11/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/12/23 01:46 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/12/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/12/24 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/11/26 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - mi13122079 [pii]
AID - micromachines-13-02079 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/mi13122079 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Micromachines (Basel). 2022 Nov 26;13(12):2079. doi: 10.3390/mi13122079.