A POWER-AMPLIFIER BASED ON AN EXTENDED RESONANCE TECHNIQUE

Authors
MARTIN A MORTAZAWI A DELOACH BC
Citation
A. Martin et al., A POWER-AMPLIFIER BASED ON AN EXTENDED RESONANCE TECHNIQUE, IEEE microwave and guided wave letters, 5(10), 1995, pp. 329-331
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE microwave and guided wave letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10518207
Volume
5
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
329 - 331
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-8207(1995)5:10<329:APBOAE>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A new power amplifier based on an extended resonance technique is pres ented. This technique produces high power through multiplying the powe r handling capability of a single device by the number of devices empl oyed white maintaining the gain of a single-device amplifier. An X-ban d power combining amplifier employing four 100 mW MESFET's was designe d and constructed. The small signal gain was measured at 11.5 dB, and a maximum of 480 mW was obtained at 9.57 GHz with a power-added effici ency of 30.8%.