A Ku-Band GaN MMIC Push-Pull Power Amplifier with Coupled-Line Balun and Capacitive Neutralization for 6G Applications
Paper i proceeding, 2024

This paper demonstrates a 11.0 - 17.5 GHz GaN on SiC MMIC push-pull power amplifier (PA) for emerging 6G FR3 centimeter-wave (cmWave) applications, featuring an innovative input balun for impedance matching, an output balun to counteract transistor parasitics for enhanced bandwidth and compactness, and cross-coupled neutralization networks with interdigitated and metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors to boost stability and gain. To validate the proposed design, a prototype GaN MMIC push-pull PA was fabricated. Experimental results exhibit a peak power added efficiency (PAE)
of 18%- 34% with an output power of 34.0 - 36.5 dBm within the design frequencies.

GaN

Balun

push-pull

interdigitated capacitors

power amplifier

MMIC

neutralization

6G

wideband

coupler

Författare

Han Zhou

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik

Haojie Chang

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik

Christian Fager

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik

IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), 2024


9798350388138 (ISBN)

IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), 2024
, Belgium,

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Informations- och kommunikationsteknik

Nanovetenskap och nanoteknik

Infrastruktur

Kollberglaboratoriet

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Innovation och entreprenörskap

Lärande och undervisning

Pedagogiskt arbete

Ämneskategorier

Annan elektroteknik och elektronik

DOI

10.1109/ESSERC62670.2024.10719504

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