{"title":"2-18 GHz, High-Efficiency, Medium-Power GaAs FET Amplifiers","authors":"S. Nelson, H. Macksey","doi":"10.1109/MWSYM.1981.1129810","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A GaAs FET amplifier using a 600 mu m gate width device has achieved ~ 300 mW output with 20-25% power-added efficiency across 2 to 18 GHz. With a 1350 mu m FET, 0.5 W output power was obtained from 7 to 16.5 GHz. Extending its large-signal performance to 2 GHz appears feasible.","PeriodicalId":120372,"journal":{"name":"1981 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest","volume":"124 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1981-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"1981 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.1981.1129810","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A GaAs FET amplifier using a 600 mu m gate width device has achieved ~ 300 mW output with 20-25% power-added efficiency across 2 to 18 GHz. With a 1350 mu m FET, 0.5 W output power was obtained from 7 to 16.5 GHz. Extending its large-signal performance to 2 GHz appears feasible.