T. Quach, P. Watson, W. Okamura, E. Kaneshiro, A. Gutierrez-Aitken, T. Block, J. Eldredge, T. Jenkins, L. Kehias, A. Oki, D. Sawdai, R. Welch, R. Worley
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Abstract
We report on a broadband high efficiency power amplifier using Indium Phosphide (InP) double heterojunction bipolar transistor (DHBT) technology. The amplifier demonstrated a record bandwidth for a class-E power amplifier at X-band. This circuit achieved 49-58% PAE, 18.5-23.9 dBm output power, and 9.6-10.5 dB gain across 9-11 GHz.