V. Camarchia, P. Colantonio, T. Emanuelsson, G. Ghione, F. Giannini, R. Giofré, L. Piazzon, M. Pirola, R. Quaglia, T. Wegeland
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Abstract
In this paper, two 5W power amplifier solutions for microwave backhaul at 7GHz are presented. They are based on 0.25μm GaN on SiC MMIC technology, and rely on advanced Doherty schemes. The first solution maximizes the back-off efficiency at center frequency, reaching a value around 50% at 7dB OBO. The second MMIC is optimized for a wideband behavior, with efficiency exceeding 40% on a 15% relative bandwidth. Characterization results and system level behavior of the two proposed MMICs are compared and discussed.
本文提出了两种用于7GHz微波回程的5W功率放大器方案。它们基于0.25μm GaN on SiC MMIC技术,并依赖于先进的Doherty方案。第一种解决方案最大限度地提高了中心频率的回退效率,在7dB OBO时达到约50%的值。第二个MMIC针对宽带性能进行了优化,在15%的相对带宽下效率超过40%。比较和讨论了两种mmic的表征结果和系统级行为。