A high power active circulator using GaN MMIC power amplifiers

This paper presents a 2.4 GHz hybrid integrated active circulator consisting of three power amplifiers and three PCB-based Wilkinson power dividers.The power amplifiers were designed and fabricated in a standard0.35- m Al Ga N/Ga N HEMT technology,and combined with three traditional power dividers on FR4 using bonding wires.Due to the isolation of power dividers,the isolation between three ports is achieved; meanwhile,due to the unidirectional characteristics of the power amplifiers,the nonreciprocal transfer characteristic of the circulator is realized.The measured insertion gain of the proposed active circulator is about 2–2.7 d B at the center frequency of 2.4 GHz,the isolation between three ports is better than 20 d B over 1.2–3.4 GHz,and the output power of the designed active circulator achieves up to 20.1–21.2 d Bm at the center frequency.     

GaN 开关类功率放大器温度特性的研究

为了研究GaN 开关类功率放大器(PA)的温度特性,通过开展一系列的温度测试来研究温度变化对 该GaN PA 各个性能参数的具体影响。测试结果表明:首先,较高的温度(>80℃)会使GaN HEMT 的电特性发生严重恶化,进而导致器件的性能和可靠性显著下降。其次,对于该开关类GaN PA 来说,随着温度的持续升高,其功率附加效率(PAE)显著降低,不能再保持高效率。而且,随着温度的突变和冲击次数的增加,电路出现显著的退化甚至失效。这些都说明了温度的变化对PA 的性能产生了很大的影响,开关类PA 对温度的变化非常敏感,而且温度冲击对其性能影响更为显著。这些研究为PA 的可靠性设计提供了重要指导。     

基于GaN HEMT的X波段连续波内匹配功率管设计

采用内匹配技术,使用两枚GaN HEMT 晶体管,在X 波段8.0~8.5 GHz 频段内,设计并实现了一种高可靠性、高功率附加效率的功率放大器。基于南京电子器件研究所提供的晶体管及负载牵引数据,并结合“L-C-L”匹配网络以及威尔金森功率分配/ 合成器,对晶体管的输入和输出阻抗进行了相应匹配,使得其端口阻抗均为50 Ω。最终通过两胞合成的方式实现了在目标频段内,栅电压-2.2 V、漏电压24 V,连续波工作状态下,所设计功率放大器输出功率高于20 W、功率增益大于10 dB、功率的附加效率大于49.7%。其中,在8.1~8.4 GHz,该功率放大器功率附加效率超过52%,优于我国现有相近频段内匹配功率放大器的功率附加效率,并通过实验验证了该设计方案的可靠性。     

A modified class-F power amplifier with miniaturized harmonic control circuit

In this paper, a modified class-F power-amplifier (PA) for GSM applications is designed, simulated and tested. In this design, novel symmetrical meandered lines compact microstrip resonant cell (SMLCMRC), is proposed as a new harmonics control circuit (HCC), which resulted in size compression, power added efficiency (PAE) enhancement, power gain improvement, and better linearization in the PA. In this work both of the conventional class-F amplifier and proposed amplifier with SMLCMRC is designed at 1.8 GHz. The measurements show that the proposed PA with SMLCMRC has 72.54% maximum PAE, 17.13 dB gain and the 1 dB compression point (P1dB) is about 35.1 dBm. These results show, 16.5% improvement in PAE, 1.33 dB increment in gain and 1.1 dB improvement in linearity operating range of proposed amplifier compared to the conventional PA.     

一种E类高效GaN HEMT功率放大器设计

功率附加效率是现代无线通信系统中一个重要的指标,较高的效率会大幅提高无线通信系统的运行时间,增强电池的续航能力,提高能源利用率,对移动通讯设备和移动安防设备而言,这几点尤为重要。文中以一款GaN HEMT功率放大器为基础,设计了一种简洁有效的E类功率放大器,用负载牵引技术和谐振器提高了器件的功率附加效率,在120～200 MHz近一个倍频程的工作频带内,实测功率附加效率均约达到74%,增益和输出功率分别约为13 dB和40 dBm。     

X波段大功率GaN HEMT的研制

在研制了AlGaN/GaN HEMT外延材料的基础上,采用标准工艺制作了2.5mm大栅宽AlGaN/GaNHEMT。直流测试中,Vg=0V时器件的最大饱和电流Ids可达2.4A,最大本征跨导Gmax为520mS,夹断电压Voff为-5V;通过采用带有绝缘层的材料结构及离子注入的隔离方式,减小了器件漏电,提高了击穿电压,栅源反向电压到-20V时,栅源漏电在10-6A数量级;单胞器件测试中,Vds=34V时,器件在8GHz下连续波输出功率为16W,功率增益为6.08dB,峰值功率附加效率为43.0%;2.5mm×4四胞器件,在8GHz下,连续波输出功率42W,功率增益8dB,峰值功率附加效率34%。     

基于GaN HEMT的0.8～4 GHz宽带平衡功率放大器

基于GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)技术,研制了在0.8 ～4 GHz频率下,输出功率大于50 W的宽带平衡式功率放大器.采用3 dB耦合器电桥构建平衡式功率放大器结构;采用多节阻抗匹配技术设计了输入/输出匹配网络,实现了功率放大器的宽带特性;采用高介电常数Al2O3基材实现了小型化功率放大器单元;采用热膨胀系数与SiC接近的铜-钼-铜载板作为GaN HEMT管芯共晶载体,防止功率管芯高温工作过程中因为热膨胀而烧毁.测试结果表明,在0.8～4 GHz频带内,功率放大器功率增益大于6.4 dB,增益平坦度为±1.5 dB,饱和输出功率值大于58.2W,漏极效率为41％ ～62％.     

C波段高效率高线性GaN MMIC功率放大器

基于SiC衬底0.25μm GaN HEMT工艺,设计实现了一款C波段、高效率和高线性的单片微波集成电路(MMIC)功率放大器。通过优化电路匹配结构,选择合适的有源器件和恰当的直流偏置条件,实现低视频漏极阻抗;利用后级增益压缩和前级增益扩张对消等手段,实现高功率附加效率和好的线性指标。功率放大器芯片尺寸为2.35 mm×1.40 mm。芯片测试结果表明,在3.7~4.2 GHz频率范围内,漏极电压28 V、末级栅极电压-2.2 V、前级栅极电压-1.8 V和连续波条件下,该功率放大器的小信号增益大于25 dB,大信号增益大于20 dB,饱和输出功率大于39 dBm,在输出功率回退至32 dBm时,功率附加效率大于30%,三阶交调失真小于-37 dBc。     

基于GaN HEMT的13～17 GHz收发多功能芯片

基于GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)工艺设计制作了一款收发(T/R)多功能芯片(MFC),主要用于射频前端收发系统.该芯片集成了单刀双掷(SPDT)开关用于选择接收通道或发射通道工作,芯片具有低噪声性能、高饱和输出功率和高功率附加效率等特点.芯片接收通道的LNA采用四级放大、单电源供电、电流复用结构,发射通道的功率放大器采用三级放大、末级四胞功率合成结构,选通SPDT开关采用两个并联器件完成.采用微波在片测试系统完成该芯片测试,测试结果表明,在13～ 17 GHz频段内,发射通道功率增益大于17.5 dB,输出功率大于12W,功率附加效率大于27％.接收通道小信号增益大于24 dB,噪声系数小于2.7 dB,1 dB压缩点输出功率大于9 dBm,输入/输出电压驻波比小于1.8∶1,芯片尺寸为3.70 mm×3.55 mm.     

Fabrication and characterization of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with high power gain and efficiency at 8 GHz

State-of-the-art AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility structures were grown on semi-insulating 4H-SiC substrates by MOCVD and X-band microwave power high electron mobility transistors were fabricated and characterized.Hall mobility of 2291.1 cm2/(V·s) and two-dimensional electron gas density of 9.954 × 1012 cm-2 were achieved at 300 K.The HEMT devices with a 0.45-μm gate length exhibited maximum drain current density as high as 1039.6 mA/mm and peak extrinsic transconduct-ance of 229.7 mS/mm.The fT of 30.89 GHz and fmax of 38.71 GHz were measured on the device.Load-pull measurements were performed and analyzed under (-3.5,28) V,(-3.5,34) V and (-3.5,40) V gate/drain direct current bias in class-AB,respectively.The uncooled device showed high linear power gain of 17.04 dB and high power-added efficiency of 50.56％ at 8 GHz when drain biased at (-3.5,28) V.In addition,when drain biased at (-3.5,40) V,the device exhibited a saturation output power dens-ity up to 6.21 W/mm at 8 GHz,with a power gain of 11.94 dB and a power-added efficiency of 39.56％.Furthermore,the low fmax/fT ratio and the variation of the power sweep of the device at 8 GHz with drain bias voltage were analyzed.     

逆F类高效氮化镓Doherty射频功率放大器设计*

逆F 类功放在接近饱和区工作时效率很高,将其与Doherty 功放结构相结合,可以实现一种在大功率回退的情况下仍然具有很高效率的射频功率放大器。本文设计了一款基于GaN HEMT 晶体管的高效率的逆F 类Doherty 功率放大器,工作频带为910MHz-950MHz。单音信号测试结果显示,在930MHz 处,功放回退7.5dB 后漏极效率仍高达64.2%。使用3 载波WCDMA信号作为测试信号,利用数字预失真技术进行线性化后,功放输出信号的上下边带邻信道功率比(ACPR)分别为-35.39dBc 和-35.9dBc。     

一种高效率2.4 GHz CMOS E类功率放大器

基于IBM SOI 0.18 μm CMOS工艺,设计了一种高功率附加效率(PAE)的E类功率放大器,由驱动级和输出级两级构成。驱动级采用E类结构,使输出级能更好地实现开与关。输出级采用电感谐振寄生电容,提高了效率。输出级的共栅管采用自偏置的方式,防止晶体管被击穿。两级之间使用了改善输出级电压和电流交叠的网络。仿真结果表明,在2.8 V电源电压下,工作频率为2.4 GHz时,功率放大器的输出功率为23.17 dBm,PAE为57.7%。     

微波、毫米波GaN HEMT与MMIC的新进展

综述了近几年微波、毫米波氮化镓高电子迁移率晶体管(GaN HEMT)与单片微波集成电路(MMIC)在高效率、宽频带、高功率和先进热管理等方面的应用创新进展.介绍了基于GaN HEMT器件所具有的高功率密度和高击穿电压,采用波形工程原理设计的各类开关模式的高效率功率放大器,以及基于GaN HEMT器件的高功率密度、高阻抗的特点与先进的宽带拓扑电路和功率合成技术相结合的宽频带和高功率放大器.详细介绍了微波高端和毫米波段的高效率、宽频带和高功率放大器,多功能电路和多功能集成的GaN MMIC.最后阐述了由于GaN HEMT的功率密度是其他半导体器件的数倍,其先进热管理的创新研究也成为热点.     

基于GaN HEMT的高效率Doherty功率放大器设计

通过分析传统Doherty功放的负载调制网络存在的带宽限制和晶体管输出电容对于效率的影响问题。利用改善阻抗变换比和补偿载波功放晶体管的输出电容的方法提出一种新型负载调制网络,使用GaN HEMT晶体管并基于此网络设计完成了一款高效率的Doherty功率放大器。该Doherty功率放大器采用不等分结构设计。此外,采用阶跃式阻抗匹配方法设计主辅功放的输入输出匹配网络来拓展Doherty功放的工作带宽。测试结果显示,在2.8~3.2 GHz频段内,饱和输出功率达到45 dBm,饱和漏极效率65%~73.18%。功率回退6 dB时,漏极效率在45%~50%之间,功率回退9 dB时,漏极效率在38.94%~44.68%之间。     

Minimization of leakage current of recessed gate AlGaN/GaN HEMTs by optimizing the dry-etching process

The backward current of Schottky contacts on unintentionally doped GaN samples prepared by different dry-etching methods was investigated. It was found that an ion beam etching (IBE) process with an accelerating voltage of 250 V under an angle of 20 degrees to minimize channeling achieves the best results. The backward current in this case is 4 × 10⁻¹⁰ A/μm² compared to the backward current of the unetched sample of 1 × 10⁻⁷ A/μm² at −100 V. With this process, recessed gate HEMTs on AlGaN/GaN heterostructures grown by low pressure MOVPE were fabricated and compared to HEMTs without recess. The applied gate recess etching technique improves the leakage current by nearly a factor of two. The maximum transconductance is improved from 40 mS/mm to 60 mS/mm at a gate length of 4 μm.     

X波段GaN MMIC低噪声放大器设计

采用SiC衬底0.25 μm AlGaN/GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)工艺,研制了一款X波段GaN单片微波集成电路(MMIC)低噪声放大器(LNA).放大器采用三级级联拓扑,第一级采用源极电感匹配,在确保良好的输入回波损耗的同时优化放大器噪声系数;第三级采用电阻电容串联负反馈匹配,在尽量降低噪声系数的前提下,保证良好的增益平坦度、输出端口回波损耗以及输出功率.在片测试表明,在10 V漏级电压、-2 V栅极电压偏置下,放大器静态电流为60 mA,8～12 GHz内增益为22.5 dB,增益平坦度为±1.2 dB,输入输出回波损耗均优于-11 dB,噪声系数小于1.55 dB,1 dB增益压缩点输出功率大于11.9 dBm,其芯片尺寸为2.2 mm×1.1 mm.装配测试表明,噪声系数典型值小于1.6 dB,可承受33 dBm连续波输入功率.该X波段GaN低噪声放大器与高功率放大器工艺兼容,可以实现多功能集成,具有广阔的工程应用前景.     

基于GaN HEMT的高线性星载Doherty功率放大器设计北大核心CSCD

在射频通信链路中,功率放大器决定了发射通道的线性、效率等关键指标。卫星通信由于是电池供电,对功率放大器的工作效率要求比较高。文章基于GaN HEMT晶体管采用对称设计完成了一款高效率的Doherty功率放大器。测试结果表明:该Doherty功放的功率增益大于29 dB;1 dB压缩点功率(P_(1 dB))大于35 dBm;在35 dBm输出时,其功率附加效率(PAE)大于47.5%,三阶交调失真(IMD3)大于35 dBc;在功率回退3 dB时,其PAE大于37%,IMD3大于32 dBc。     

蓝宝石衬底AlGaNöGaN 功率HEM Ts 研制

基于蓝宝石衬底的高微波特性 Al Ga N/Ga N HEMTs功率器件 ,器件采用了新的欧姆接触和新型空气桥方案。测试表明 ,器件电流密度 0 .784A/mm,跨导 1 97m S/mm,关态击穿电压 >80 V,截止态漏电很小 ,栅宽 1 mm的器件的单位截止频率 ( f T)达到 2 0 GHz,最大振荡频率 ( fmax) 2 8GHz,2 GHz脉冲测试下 ,栅宽 0 .75 mm器件 ,功率增益1 1 .8d B,输出功率 3 1 .2 d Bm,功率密度 1 .75 W/mm。     

A broadband Doherty power amplifier with harmonic suppression

In this paper, the design and implementation of the broadband, Doherty power amplifier (DPA) with 2nd and 3rd harmonics suppression, with theoretical analysis is presented. In the proposed structure a novel harmonic suppressed Wilkinson power divider used in DPA, which results in harmonic suppression with high level of attenuation. Moreover the proposed DPA has major advantages in terms of the linearity and works on a wideband frequency range (2.1–2.7 GHz) with minimum 40% drain efficiency (DE). The linearity of the proposed DPA is increased extremely, which significant improvement (7 dBm) is achieved from the main amplifier. In the proposed DPA, the main and the auxiliary amplifiers are implemented using Class-AB and Class-C topology respectively with equal MRF6S27015N MOTOROLA transistors in LDMOS technology.     

A beam steering antenna for X-band high power applications

There is a considerable interest in the antennas which have high power handling capacity with beam steering functionality. The design of narrow side waveguide slot-array antenna for high power applications is introduced in this paper. An approach to achieve a uniform radiation slot waveguide antenna is presented. The large scale array antenna can be composed of such antenna cells. Moreover, it is possible to realize beam steering in the azimuth direction by adjusting the broad wall dimension of the waveguide. Besides, this slot waveguide antenna is expected to have high power handling capacity in vacuum environment, because there is no dielectric or electric field enhancement inside the antenna.