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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.11.695

Development of Compact and Lightweight Broadband Power Amplifier with HMIC Technology  

Byun, Kisik (Forces Support Systems Research Center, Defense Agency for Technology and Quality)
Choi, Jin-Young (RFcore Co., Ltd)
Park, Jae Woo (Forces Support Systems Research Center, Defense Agency for Technology and Quality)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.11, 2018 , pp. 695-700 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents the development of compact and lightweight broadband power amplifier module using HMIC (Hybrid Microwave Integrated Circuit) technology that could be high-density integration for many non-packaged microwave components into the small area of a high dielectric constant printed circuit board, such as a ceramic substrate, also using the special design and fabrication schemes for the structure of minimized electromagnetic interference to obtain the homogeneous electrical performance at the wideband frequency. The results confirmed that the small signal gain has a gain flatness of ${\pm}1.5dB$ within the range of 32 to 36 dB. In addition, the output power satisfied more than 30 dBm. The noise figure was measured within 7 dB, and OIP3 (Output Third Order Intercept Point) was more than 39 dBm. The fabricated broadband power amplifier satisfied the target specification required to electrically drive the high power amplifiers of jamming generators for electronic warfare, so the actual applicability to the system was verified. Future studies will be aimed at designing other similar microwave power amplifiers in the future.
Keywords
Broadband; Compact; HMIC; Jamming; Power Amplifier;
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