Journal
ELECTRONICS
Volume 11, Issue 13, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/electronics11131934
Keywords
broadband power amplifier; GaN HEMT; high efficiency; load-pull; network synthesis
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Funding
- Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province [2018B010115001]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61974035]
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A compact GaN MMIC power amplifier with dimensions of 1.94 x 0.83 mm(2) is designed for 5G millimeter-wave communication, achieving high output power, gain, and efficiency at 27 GHz. The broadband matching networks are based on load-pull analysis and Chebyshev filter synthesis theory, providing stable output power and gain across 24-30 GHz.
A broadband GaN MMIC power amplifier (PA) with compact dimensions of 1.94 x 0.83 mm(2) is presented for 5G millimeter-wave communication. To guarantee output capability at the operating band edges where serious performance degradation is likely to occur, the appropriate large-signal matching model and optimal impedance domain need to be carefully determined through load-pull analysis. Broadband matching networks (MNs) in the lowpass form are thereafter developed based on the Chebyshev filter synthesis theory. Using high-pass interstage MN in conjunction with parallel RC lossy circuits to compensate for the transistor's negative gain roll-off slope ensures a flat frequency response. The input MN is designed as a band-pass filter due to the reactance extracted from the input side of the stabilized device exhibiting series LC resonance characteristics. Measured on-wafer pulsed results for the proposed three-stage PA demonstrate up to 30.9 dBm of output power, more than 28.6 dB of small-signal gain, and a peak power-added efficiency (PAE) of 35.6% at 27 GHz. Both uniform gain and saturated output power (Plat) are achieved across 24-30 GHz with fluctuations of less than 0.8 dB.
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