Microwave and millimeter wave power amplifiers: Technology, applications, benchmarks, future trends
Solid State Transistor Device Technology is ubiquitous in communications, radar, electronic warfare, and instrumentation applications. This presentation will cover Si LDMOS, PHEMT, InP HEMT/MHEMT and GaN HEMT. Content includes principles of operation, structures, characteristics, classes of operation, and device state of the art benchmarks. The art of power amplifier design is approached from a historical perspective. Power amplifiers utilizing these device technologies covering UHF through sub millimeter wave are described including amplifier state of the art benchmarks. Future trends are highlighted and summarized.
2016 IEEE International Symposium on Radio Frequency Integration Technology (RFIT)