• ETRI Journal
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.737-745
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• 2017

A 6-GHz-to-18-GHz monolithic nonuniform distributed power amplifier has been designed using the load modulation of increased series gate capacitance. This amplifier was implemented using a $0.25-{\mu}m$ AlGaN/GaN HEMT process on a SiC substrate. With the proposed load modulation, we enhanced the amplifier's simulated performance by 4.8 dB in output power, and by 13.1% in power-added efficiency (PAE) at the upper limit of the bandwidth, compared with an amplifier with uniform gate coupling capacitors. Under the pulse-mode condition of a $100-{\mu}s$ pulse period and a 10% duty cycle, the fabricated power amplifier showed a saturated output power of 39.5 dBm (9 W) to 40.4 dBm (11 W) with an associated PAE of 17% to 22%, and input/output return losses of more than 10 dB within 6 GHz to 18 GHz.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제10권8호
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• pp.1817-1823
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 출력전력이 협대역 정합에서 최대 23dBm 정도인 중간전력급 증폭소자를 이용하여 광대역 이득을 갖는 직렬 분포형 증폭기 설계에 대하여 기술한다. 일반적으로 병렬 분포형 증폭기는 1단 증폭기처럼 이득이 낮고, 직렬 분포형 증폭기는 이득이 높은 반면에 출력전력의 크기가 10dBm 이내인 소신호 증폭기였던데 비하여, 본 논문에서는 광대역에서 출력 전력이 20dBm급인 직렬 분포형 증폭기에 대하여 기술한다. 실제로 제작한 증폭기는 $300MHz{\sim}2GHz$에서 $18.15{\pm}0.75dB$의 평탄한 이득과 $19{\sim}20dBm$의 출력전력 특성을 보이는 것으로 측정되어, 광대역에서 구동증폭기로 사용할 수 있음을 보여준다.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.178-180
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• 2017

This study presents a 2-20 GHz monolithic distributed power amplifier (DPA) using a $0.25{\mu}m$ AlGaN/GaN on SiC high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) technology. The gate width of the HEMT was selected after considering the input capacitance of the unit cell that guarantees decade bandwidth. To achieve high output power using small transistors, a 12-stage DPA was designed with a non-uniform drain line impedance to provide optimal output power matching. The maximum operating frequency of the proposed DPA is above 20 GHz, which is higher than those of other DPAs manufactured with the same gate-length process. The measured output power and power-added efficiency of the DPA monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) are 35.3-38.6 dBm and 11.4%-31%, respectively, for 2-20 GHz.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.602-607
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 전력 증폭기 설계에 유용한 분포정수 임피던스 정합회로의 합성법을 제시하고, 이에 의하여 RF 전력 증폭기를 설계하였다. 분포정수 정합회로의 전달함수는 Chebyshev 근사에 의하여 유도되며, 주어진 구조의 회로 소자 값은 최소 삽입손실과 리플의 함수로 주어진다. 이의 응용 예로써 전력 트랜지스터를 로드 풀(load-pull) 데이터로 모델링한 다음, 정합회로 합성을 이용하여 200~900MHz의 대역에서 17dB의 이득 및 20W의 출력 전력에서 -43dBc 이하의 IM3을 갖는 전력 증폭기를 설계하였다. 제작된 증폭기는 주어진 대역에서 설계치에 근접하는 특성을 나타내어 전달함수에 의한 분포정수 정합회로의 합성이 RF 전력 증폭기의 설계에 유용하게 사용될 수 있음을 입증하였다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.125-131
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• 2002

This paper presents MMIC drive and power amplifiers covering 6-18 ㎓. For simple wideband impedance matching and less sensitivity to fabrication variation, modified distributed topologies are employed in the both amplifiers. Cascade amplifiers with a self-biasing circuit through feedback resistors are used as unit gain blocks in the drive amplifier, resulting in high gain, high stability, and compact chip size. Self impedance matching and high-pass, low-pass impedance matching networks are used in the power amplifier. In measured results, the drive amplifier showed good return losses ($S_11,{\;}S_{22}{\;}<{\;}-10.5{\;}dB$), gain flatness ($S_{21}={\;}16{\;}{\pm}0.6{\;}dB$), and $P_{1dB}{\;}>{\;}22{\;}dBm$ over 6-18 GHz. The power amplifier showed $P_{1dB}{\;}>{\;}28.8{\;}dBm$ and $P_{sat}{\;}{\approx}{\;}30.0{\;}dBm$ with good small signal characteristics ($S_{11}<-10{\;}dB,{\;}S_{22}{\;}<{\;}-6{\;}dB,{\;}and{\;}S_{21}={\;}18.5{\;}{\pm}{\;}1.25{\;}dB$) over 6-18 GHz.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.105-107
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• 2017

The self-biasing circuit through a feedback resistor is applied to a gallium nitride (GaN) distributed power amplifier (PA) monolithic microwave circuit (MMIC). The self-biasing circuit is a useful scheme for biasing depletion-mode compound semiconductor devices with a negative gate bias voltage, and is widely used for common source amplifiers. However, the self-biasing circuit is rarely used for PAs, because the large DC power dissipation of the feedback resistor results in the degradation of output power and power efficiency. In this study, the feasibility of applying a self-biasing circuit through a feedback resistor to a GaN PA MMIC is examined by using the high operation voltage of GaN high-electron mobility transistors. The measured results of the proposed GaN PA are the average output power of 41.1 dBm and the average power added efficiency of 12.2% over the 6-16 GHz band.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 7 - 11 GHz 대역에서 동작하는 광대역 Microwave Power Module (MPM)을 설계하고 제작하였다. MPM 은 TWT (Traveling Wave Tube)와 SSA (Solid State Amplifier)로 구성되며, TWT와 SSA의 이득을 최적으로 배분하여 잡음지수를 줄일 수 있도록 설계하였다. Agilent사의 ADS (Advanced Design System)을 이용하여 SSA의 컴퓨터 모델링과 시뮬레이션을 수행 하였으며, 직렬 분포형 증폭기 구조를 이용하여 설계 및 제작하였다. 제작된 광대역 MPM은 7 - 11 GHz 대역에서 8.3 - 10.02 dB의 잡음 지수, 9 GHz에서 38.12 dBm의 출력 전력이 측정되었다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.409-413
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• 2006

This paper deals with the design and testing of a simulator system for microgrids with distributed generations. This system is composed of a Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) and a power amplifier. The RTDS parts are operated for real time simulation for the microgrid model and the distributed generation source model. The power amplifiers are operated fur amplification of the RTDS's simulated output signal, which is a node voltage of the microgrid and distributed generation source. In this paper, we represent an RTDS system design, specification and test results of a power amplifier and simulation results of a PV (Photovoltaic) system and wind turbine system. The proposed system is applicable for development and performance testing of a PCS (Power Conversion System) for renewable energy sources.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.1088-1092
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• 2018

In this paper, we propose a dual-mode frequency tripler using push-push and stacked FET structures. The proposed circuit can operate either in frequency multiplier mode or in amplifier mode. In the frequency multiplier mode, push-push frequency multiplication is achieved by allowing input signals with particular phase shifts. In the amplifier mode, the device operates as a distributed amplifier to obtain high gain. Also both modes were designed using stacked FET structure. The designed circuit showed frequency tripled output power of 9.7 dBm at 2.4 GHz with the input at 800 MHz. On the other hand, in the amplifier mode, the device showed 8.9 dB of gain to generate 19.5 dBm at 800 MHz.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.81-96
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• 2002

This paper describes our design of a hybrid amplifier composed of a distributed Raman amplifier and erbium-doped fiber amplifiers for C- and L-bands. We characterize the distributed Raman amplifier by numerical simulation based on the experimentally measured Raman gain coefficient of an ordinary single mode fiber transmission line. In single channel amplification, the crosstalk caused by double Rayleigh scattering was independent of signal input power and simply given as a function of the Raman gain. The double Rayleigh scattering induced power penalty was less than 0.1 dB after 1000 km if the on-off Raman gain was below 21 dB. For multiple channel amplification, using commercially available pump laser diodes and fiber components, we determined and optimized the conditions of three-wavelength Raman pumping for an amplification bandwidth of 32 nm for C-band and 34 nm for L-band. After analyzing the conventional erbium-doped fiber amplifier analysis in C-band, we estimated the performance of the hybrid amplifier for long haul optical transmission. Compared with erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, the optical signal-to-noise ratio was calculated to be higher by more than 3 dB in the optical link using the designed hybrid amplifier.