基于GaN 的3. 4~ 3. 6 GHz 高增益Doherty 功率放大器

基于两级功率放大器架构,设计了一款平均输出功率为37 dBm(5 W)的高增益Doherty 功率放大器。 该器件通过增加前级驱动功率放大器提高Doherty 功率放大器的增益,采用反向Doherty 功率放大器架构,将λ/4 波 长传输线放置在辅助功放后端,相位补偿线放置在主功放前端,并使主功放输出匹配网络采用双阻抗匹配技术实现 阻抗变换,如此可扩宽功率放大器的工作带宽。连续波测试结果显示:3. 4~3. 6 GHz 工作频段内,饱和输出功率在 44. 5 dBm 以上,功率饱和工作点PAE 在43. 9%以上;在平均输出功率(37 dBm,5 W)工作点,回退量大于7. 5 dB,功 率附加效率PAE 为36. 8%以上,功率增益在31 dB 以上。     

毫米波大动态宽带单片低噪声放大器

利用0.25μmGaAsPHEMT低噪声工艺,设计并制造了2种毫米波大动态宽带单片低噪声放大器。第1种为低增益大动态低噪声放大器,单电源+5V工作,测得在26～40GHz范围内,增益G=10±0.5dB,噪声系数NF≤2.2dB,1分贝压缩点输出功率P1dB≥15dBm;第2种为低压大动态低噪声放大器,工作电压为3.6V,静态电流0.6A(输出功率饱和时,动态直流电流约为0.9A),在28～35GHz范围内,测得增益G=14～17dB,噪声系数约4.0dB,1分贝压缩点输出功率P1dB≥24.5dBm,最大饱和输出功率≥26.8dBm,附加效率约10%～13.6%。结果中还给出了2种放大器直接级联的情况。     

19WC-波段MMIC多芯片合成功率放大器

报告了一个两级 C-波段功率单片电路的设计、制作和性能 ,该单片电路包括完全的输入端和级间匹配 ,输出端的匹配在芯片外实现 ,该放大器在 5.2～ 5.8GHz带内连续波工作 ,输出功率大于 36.6d Bm,功率增益大于 18.6d B,功率附加效率 34 % ,4芯片合成的功率放大器在 4 .7～ 5.3GHz带内 ,输出功率大于 4 2 .8d Bm( 19.0 W) ,功率增益大于 18.8d B,典型的功率附加效率为 34 %。     

基于GaAs PHEMT工艺的60~90GHz功率放大器MMIC

研制了一款60~90 GHz功率放大器单片微波集成电路(MMIC),该MMIC采用平衡式放大结构,在较宽的频带内获得了平坦的增益、较高的输出功率及良好的输入输出驻波比(VSWR)。采用GaAs赝配高电子迁移率晶体管(PHEMT)标准工艺进行了流片,在片测试结果表明,在栅极电压为-0.3 V、漏极电压为+3 V、频率为60~90 GHz时,功率放大器MMIC的小信号增益大于13 dB,在71~76 GHz和81~86 GHz典型应用频段,功率放大器的小信号增益均大于15 dB。载体测试结果表明,栅极电压为-0.3 V、漏极电压为+3 V、频率为60~90 GHz时,该功率放大器MMIC饱和输出功率大于17.5 dBm,在71~76 GHz和81~86 GHz典型应用频段,其饱和输出功率可达到20 dBm。该功率放大器MMIC尺寸为5.25 mm×2.10 mm。     

一个8~18GHz的宽带高功率放大器

设计研制了一个8~18GHz的混合集成电路宽带高功率放大器。高功率放大器由基于GaAs MMIC工艺的4指微带兰格耦合器实现。为了减小电磁干扰,采用散热效果好的多层AlN材料作为功率放大器的载体。当输入功率为25dBm时,功率放大器输出连续波饱和功率在8–13 GHz 频率范围内大于39dBm,在其他频率范围内大于38.6dBm,在11.9GHz我们得到最大输出功率39.4dBm。在整个频带内,功率附加效率大于18%,当输入功率为18dBm时小信号增益为15.70.7 dB。高功率功率放大器尺寸为25mm*15mm*1.5mm.     

应用于C-X-Ku波段的宽带功率放大器

采用0.25μm AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs PHEMT工艺技术,研制出了6～18GHz三级MMIC全匹配宽带功率放大器单片.在6～18GHz的工作频率下,放大器的平均功率增益为19dB,输出功率大于33.3dBm,在10GHz处有最大输出功率34.7dBm,输入回波损耗S11低于-10dB,输出回波损耗S22低于-6dB.与报道的C-X-Ku频段宽带功率放大器相比,有较好的功率平坦度.     

数字硅MOSFET微波特性的研究

利用国内先进的 0 .6μm数字 Si-MOS工艺 ,设计了射频 MOSFET,并研究了其 DC和微波特性 :I-V曲线、S参数、噪声参数和输出功率。研究发现 ,数字电路用 Si MOSFET的频率响应较高 :频率为 1 GHz时功率增益可达 1 0 d B,2 GHz时为 8d B,4GHz时为 5 d B。 1 .8GHz时 ,1分贝压缩输出功率 1 2 .8d Bm,饱和输出功率可达 1 8d Bm,且最小噪声系数为 3 .5 d B。用提取的参数设计并研制了微波 Si MOSFET低噪声放大器 ,以验证MOS器件的微波性能。此放大器由两级级联而成 ,单电源供电 ,输入输出电容隔直。在频率 1 .7～ 2 .2 GHz的范围内 ,测得放大器增益 1 5± 0 .5 d B,噪声系数 N F<3 .8d B,1分贝压缩输出功率 1 2 d Bm;在频率 1 .5～ 2 .5 GHz的范围内 ,放大器增益大于 1 3 d B。     

Millileter-Wave Power-Combining Amplifier Using A Broadband Waveguide Combiner

A Millimeter-wave power-combining amplifier based on the multi-way rectangular-waveguide power-dividing/combining circuit has been presented and investigated. The equivalent-circuit approach has been used to analyze the passive power-dividing/combining circuits. An eight-device amplifier is designed and measured to validate the power-dividing/combining mechanism using this technique. Both the measured 10-dB return loss bandwidth and the 2-dB insertion loss bandwidth of the passive system are more than 10?GHz. The measured maximum small-signal gain of the millimeter-wave eight-device power amplifier is 22.5?dB at 26.8?GHz with a 3-dB bandwidth of more than 6?GHz, while the input and output return loss of the proposed eight-device power amplifier is around ?10?dB from 26?GHz to 36?GHz. The measured maximum output power at 1-dB compression from the power amplifier is 28 dBm at 29.5?GHz.     

一种24 GHz CMOS功率放大器设计

基于130 nm互补金属氧化物半导体(CMOS)工艺,设计了一种高增益和高输出功率的24 GHz功率放大器。通过片上变压器耦合实现阻抗匹配和功率合成,有效改善放大器的匹配特性和提高输出功率。放大器电路仿真结果表明,在1.5 V供电电压下,功率增益为27.2 dB,输入输出端回波损耗均大于10 dB,输出功率1 dB压缩点13.2 dBm,饱和输出功率17.2 dBm,峰值功率附加效率13.5%。     

A 77 GHz mHEMT MMIC Chip Set for Automotive Radar Systems

A monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) chip set consisting of a power amplifier, a driver amplifier, and a frequency doubler has been developed for automotive radar systems at 77 GHz. The chip set was fabricated using a 0.15 µm gate‐length InGaAs/InAlAs/GaAs metamorphic high electron mobility transistor (mHEMT) process based on a 4‐inch substrate. The power amplifier demonstrated a measured small signal gain of over 20 dB from 76 to 77 GHz with 15.5 dBm output power. The chip size is 2 mm × 2 mm. The driver amplifier exhibited a gain of 23 dB over a 76 to 77 GHz band with an output power of 13 dBm. The chip size is 2.1 mm × 2 mm. The frequency doubler achieved an output power of –6 dBm at 76.5 GHz with a conversion gain of ?16 dB for an input power of 10 dBm and a 38.25 GHz input frequency. The chip size is 1.2 mm × 1.2 mm. This MMIC chip set is suitable for the 77 GHz automotive radar systems and related applications in a W‐band.     

Ka波段25W固态功率合成放大器

介绍了一种新型的毫米波波导空间固态高功率合成放大器.该放大器中采用的波导-微带空间功率合成网络,在毫米波频段实现了幅度、相位对称的四路功率分配/合成和波导-微带过渡转换,由此研制的毫米波高功率合成放大器,在29 ～31 GHz范围内,合成效率高于80％,输出功率大于43.4 dBm,并在30～30.6 GHz内高于25...     

基于InP HBT工艺的高功率高谐波抑制W波段宽带八倍频器MMIC

基于0.7μm InP HBT工艺,设计实现了一种高功率高谐波抑制比的W波段倍频器MMIC。电路二倍频单元采用有源推推结构,通过3个二倍频器单元级联形成八倍频链,并在链路的输出端加入输出缓冲放大器,进一步提高倍频输出功率。常温25℃状态下,当输入信号功率为0 dBm时,倍频器MMIC在78.4~96.0 GHz输出频率范围内,输出功率大于10 dBm,谐波抑制度大于50 dBc。芯片面积仅为2.22 mm²,采用单电源+5 V供电。     

应用于WiFi6的新型高线性度功率放大器设计

针对WiFi 6的设备需求,设计了一款工作在5.15 GHz～5.85 GHz的高线性度砷化镓异质结双极型晶体管射频功率放大器。为了保证大信号和高温下功率管静态工作点的稳定性,采用了一种新型有源自适应偏置电路。对射频功率检测电路进行了设计和改进,有效降低了射频系统的功耗。针对各次谐波分量产生的影响,对输出匹配网络进行了优化。仿真结果表明：该射频功率放大器芯片小信号增益达到了32.6 dB;在中心频率5.5 GHz时1 dB压缩点功率为30.4 dBm,功率附加效率超过27.9%;输出功率为26 dBm时,三阶交调失真低于-40 dBc。实测数据表明：小信号增益大于31.4 dB;5.5 GHz时1 dB压缩点功率为29.06 dBm;输出功率为26 dBm时,三阶交调失真低于-30 dBc。当输出功率为20 dBm时,二次三次谐波抑制到-30 dBc和-45 dBc。     

A Millimeter-wave Power Combining Amplifier Based on a Waveguide-Microstrip E-Plane Dual-probe Four-way Power Combining Network

This paper presents a new millimeter-wave solid-state power combining amplifier, which is based on a waveguide-microstrip E-plane dual-probe four-way power combining network. With a compact structure and an easy fabrication process, this combining network fulfils waveguide-to-microstrip transition and power combining simultaneously, and shows a broad-band low loss performance in Ka-band. With good thermal property, a four-way high power combining amplifier is fabricated. The measured output power is more than 40 dBm in 32–37 GHz, and the highest output power, 15.8 W, occurs at 32 GHz. The corresponding combining efficiency is more than 77% in 32–38 GHz.     

1～4GHz 80W GaN超宽带功率放大器

基于南京电子器件研究所0.25μmGaN HEMT工艺平台,设计了一款工作频率为1~4GHz,连续波输出功率大于80W的超宽带功率放大器.放大器采用低通L-C匹配网络实现管芯输入输出阻抗到实阻抗的变换;并利用切比雪夫变换器结构实现超宽带匹配;以单路输入输出端口匹配到100Ω后,两路直接电路合成到50Ω的方法实现了大功率超宽带功放的功率合成.放大器偏置电压32V,静态电流0.4A.测试结果显示,在1~4GHz带宽内,放大器连续波输出功率大于49.05dBm （80.3W）,最高输出功率为50.6dBm （114.8W）,饱和功率增益大于9dB,功率平坦度小于±0.8dB,最大漏极效率为62.5%.     

A 5.7–6.4GHz GaAs HBT Power Amplifier with a Gain Enhanced Bias Circuit

This paper describes the design of a 5.7–6.4GHz GaAs Heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) power amplifier for broadband wireless application such as wireless metropolitan area networks. A bias circuit is proposed which enhances the power gain and provides a good linearity. Using the wideband matching network tech-niques with trap circuits embedded to filter the harmonics and the diode-based linearizing techniques, a broadband power amplifier module was obtained which exhibited a gain above 28dB. This is about 1dB improvement com-pared with those normal bias circuits at a supply volt-age of 5V in the frequency range of 5.7–6.4GHz, measured with Continuous wave(CW) signals. The saturated output power was greater than 33dBm in 5.7–6.4GHz and the out-put 1dB compression point was greater than 31dBm. The phase deviation was less than 5 degrees when the output power below 33dBm. The second and third order harmonic components were also less than -45dBc and -50dBc.     

Ka波段5W GaAs PHMET功率MMIC

报道了一款采用0.15μm GaAs功率MMIC工艺研制的Ka波段功率放大器芯片。芯片采用四级放大拓扑结构,在29～32GHz频带范围内6V工作条件下线性增益25dB,线性增益平坦度小于±0.75dB;饱和输出功率大于5W,饱和效率大于20%,功率增益大于22dB;1dB压缩点输出功率大于36.5dBm,效率大于18%。     

6‐GHz‐to‐18‐GHz AlGaN/GaN Cascaded Nonuniform Distributed Power Amplifier MMIC Using Load Modulation of Increased Series Gate Capacitance

A 6‐GHz‐to‐18‐GHz monolithic nonuniform distributed power amplifier has been designed using the load modulation of increased series gate capacitance. This amplifier was implemented using a 0.25‐μm AlGaN/GaN HEMT process on a SiC substrate. With the proposed load modulation, we enhanced the amplifier's simulated performance by 4.8 dB in output power, and by 13.1% in power‐added efficiency (PAE) at the upper limit of the bandwidth, compared with an amplifier with uniform gate coupling capacitors. Under the pulse‐mode condition of a 100‐μs pulse period and a 10% duty cycle, the fabricated power amplifier showed a saturated output power of 39.5 dBm (9 W) to 40.4 dBm (11 W) with an associated PAE of 17% to 22%, and input/output return losses of more than 10 dB within 6 GHz to 18 GHz.     

A 65 nm CMOS fully-integrated dynamic reconfigurable differential power amplifier with high gain in both bands

A fully-integrated dual-band dynamic reconfigurable differential power amplifier with high gain in 65 nm CMOS is presented. A switchable shunt LC network is proposed to implement the dual-band reconfigurable operation and achieve high gain at both low and high frequency bands, and the high quality on-chip transformers are utilized to implement input/output impedance matching and single-ended to differential conversion. Measured results show that the dual-band dynamic reconfigurable power amplifier can provide 23 dB gain at 2.15 GHz and 21 dB gain at 4.70 GHz, and achieve more than 19 dBm saturated output power at 2.15 GHz and 13 dBm saturated output power at 4.70 GHz, respectively. The die area is about 1.7 mm×2.0 mm.     

A 20 GHz Band 0.5 W GaAs FET Amplifier for Satellite Communications

GaAs FET amplifier modules for 20 GHz band satellite communications have been developed using newly developed power FETs. The deep recess gate structure was adopted in the power FET, which improved both power output capability and power gain. Power added efficiency of 22 percent with more than 1 W power output has been achieved with 3 mm gate width FETs. The amplifier modules containing two-stage internally matched FET's can be hermetically sealed in metal packages. The modules had 8.4-8.9 dB linear gain in the 17.7-18.8 GHz band and 7.9-8.4 dB linear gain in the 18.5-19.6 GHz band. The power output at 1 dB gain compression point was more than 0.5 W. The third-order intermodulation distortion ratio was 81-83 dB at 18.2 GHz and 77-80 dB at 18.9 GHz, when individual output signal power was -4 dBm.