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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2011.22.12.1139

Design and Fabrication of S-Band GaN SSPA for a Radar  

Lee, Jeong-Won (LIGNex1)
Lim, Jae-Hwan (LIGNex1)
Kang, Myoung-Il (LIGNex1)
Han, Jae-Seob (LIGNex1)
Kim, Jong-Pil (LIGNex1)
Lee, Sue-Ho (LIGNex1)
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Abstract
In this paper, a design and fabrication of GaN power amplifier for the S-band frequency (400 MHz bandwidth) are presented. A combining path using ${\lambda}$/4 transmission line is implemented for GaN pallet amp. Both the combiner with suspended-type transmission structure for low-loss and the suspended stripline coupler with aperture coupling for auto gain control are realized for achieving high-power high-efficiency amplifier. Proposed power amplifier demonstrated a 5 kW peak output power, 27.8 % efficiency, 67 dB gain without ALC and a 4 kW peak output power, 25.5 % efficiency, 0.1 dB droop at 200 usec pulse width and 10 % duty with ALC.
Keywords
GaN; SSPA; Active Array Radar; Suspended; ALC;
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