@inproceedings{5ef2cfb304f94216a49f8030776a6676,
title = "Wideband GaAs MMIC driver power amplifiers for X and Ku bands",
abstract = "This paper presents two wideband GaAs MMIC driver power amplifiers (PAs) suitable for X and Ku bands. The required number of stages and number of branches in each stage for an M-stage driver PA architecture is analyzed. Design of wideband matching networks for monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) driver PAs is explained and design parameters of a cascaded K-section T matching network (MN) are derived. Finally, measurement results of 8-13 GHz and 13-19 GHz driver PAs, both implemented on 0.25 μm pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (pHEMT) technology, are demonstrated. Each driver PA delivers 31 dBm output power with 30 \% nominal PAE over the operating frequency.",
keywords = "GaAs, Power amplifier, bandwidth, matching network",
author = "Esmail Babakrpur and Ali Medi and Won Namgoong",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.; 2017 Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems, WMCS 2017 ; Conference date: 30-03-2017 Through 31-03-2017",
year = "2017",
month = oct,
day = "17",
doi = "10.1109/WMCaS.2017.8070690",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the 2017 Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems, WMCS 2017",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2017 Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems, WMCS 2017",
}