15% BANDWIDTH 7 GHz GaN-MMIC DOHERTY AMPLIFIER WITH ENHANCED AUXILIARY CHAIN

作者:Piazzon Luca*; Colantonio Paolo; Giannini Franco; Giofre Rocco
来源:Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 2014, 56(2): 502-504.
DOI:10.1002/mop.28108

摘要

This contribution presents the development and characterization of a GaN Doherty power amplifier for backhaul microwave links in the 6.35-7.35 GHz frequency range. To minimize the AM/AM distortion, a driver stage is integrated in the auxiliary branch. Such feature also allows to obtain a higher overall gain than the standard approach. Moreover, to enlarge the bandwidth a coupled lines directional coupler is adopted at the input to split the power to the two branches. Experimental characterization showed 10.5 dB Gain, 38.1 dBm saturated output power, 42% efficiency at 7 dB output back-off, and 15% bandwidth at 1 dB gain ripple.

  • 出版日期2014-2

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