Comparative Evaluation of Optimum Power and Efficiency Terminations Predicted by Alternative Methods for GaN Ka-band Power Amplifier Design

Ferdinando Costanzo; Patrick E. Longhi; Mikko Kantanen; Rocco Giofre; Walter Ciccognani; Sergio Colangeli; Roberto Quaglia; Mikko Varonen; Paul Tasker; Ernesto Limiti

doi:10.1109/INMMiC54248.2022.9762218

Comparative Evaluation of Optimum Power and Efficiency Terminations Predicted by Alternative Methods for GaN Ka-band Power Amplifier Design

Ferdinando Costanzo, Patrick E. Longhi, Mikko Kantanen, Rocco Giofre, Walter Ciccognani, Sergio Colangeli, Roberto Quaglia, Mikko Varonen, Paul Tasker, Ernesto Limiti

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Abstract

A comparative evaluation is provided in this paper regarding two design approaches for Ka-band Gallium Nitride Power Amplifiers. The first approach uses the standard electrical models provided by the foundry, while the alternative approach uses a custom model derived from in-house load-pull characterization. Both Power Amplifiers are designed to provide 30 dBm output power and 30% efficiency in the 31 - 35 GHz bandwidth. It is shown that the PA based on the custom model has a better PAE performance by about 4% and higher output power by 0.3 dB.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2022 International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits, INMMiC 2022
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-66547-845-8, 978-1-6654-7844-1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-7846-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INMMiC54248.2022.9762218
Publication status	Published - 2022
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	2022 International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits, INMMiC 2022 - Cardiff, United Kingdom Duration: 7 Apr 2022 → 8 Apr 2022

Publication series

Series	International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits

Conference

Conference	2022 International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits, INMMiC 2022
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Cardiff
Period	7/04/22 → 8/04/22

Funding

ACKNOWLEDGMENT Research activity here reported is funded by the European Union within the H2020-COMPET-2017 framework whose support is gratefully acknowledged (Contract id. 776322, MiGaNSOS “Millimetre wave Gallium Nitride Space evaluation and application to Observation Satellites"). The Authors would like to thank Mr. Enzo De Angelis and Dr. Filippo Bolli for their assistance in characterizing the MMICs.

Keywords

Gallium Nitride
Ka-band
MMIC
Power Amplifiers

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Costanzo, F., Longhi, P. E., Kantanen, M., Giofre, R., Ciccognani, W., Colangeli, S., Quaglia, R., Varonen, M., Tasker, P., & Limiti, E. (2022). Comparative Evaluation of Optimum Power and Efficiency Terminations Predicted by Alternative Methods for GaN Ka-band Power Amplifier Design. In Proceedings of the 2022 International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits, INMMiC 2022 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/INMMiC54248.2022.9762218

Costanzo, Ferdinando ; Longhi, Patrick E. ; Kantanen, Mikko et al. / Comparative Evaluation of Optimum Power and Efficiency Terminations Predicted by Alternative Methods for GaN Ka-band Power Amplifier Design. Proceedings of the 2022 International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits, INMMiC 2022. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2022. (International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits).

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Costanzo, F, Longhi, PE, Kantanen, M, Giofre, R, Ciccognani, W, Colangeli, S, Quaglia, R, Varonen, M, Tasker, P & Limiti, E 2022, Comparative Evaluation of Optimum Power and Efficiency Terminations Predicted by Alternative Methods for GaN Ka-band Power Amplifier Design. in Proceedings of the 2022 International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits, INMMiC 2022. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits, 2022 International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits, INMMiC 2022, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 7/04/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/INMMiC54248.2022.9762218

Comparative Evaluation of Optimum Power and Efficiency Terminations Predicted by Alternative Methods for GaN Ka-band Power Amplifier Design. / Costanzo, Ferdinando; Longhi, Patrick E.; Kantanen, Mikko et al.
Proceedings of the 2022 International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits, INMMiC 2022. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2022. (International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits).

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Costanzo F, Longhi PE, Kantanen M, Giofre R, Ciccognani W, Colangeli S et al. Comparative Evaluation of Optimum Power and Efficiency Terminations Predicted by Alternative Methods for GaN Ka-band Power Amplifier Design. In Proceedings of the 2022 International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits, INMMiC 2022. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. 2022. (International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits). doi: 10.1109/INMMiC54248.2022.9762218

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