Microwave and Millimeter Wave Power Amplifiers: Technology, Applications, and Future Trends Slides

Solid State Transistor Device Technology is ubiquitous in communications, radar, electronic warfare, and instrumentation applications. This presentation will cover Si LDMOS, PHEMT, InP HEMT/MHEMT and GaN HEMT. Content includes principles of operation, structures, characteristics, classes of operation, and state-of-the-art device benchmarks. The art of power amplifier design is approached from a historical perspective. Power amplifiers utilizing these device technologies covering UHF through sub-millimeter wave are described including state-of-the-art amplifier benchmarks. Future trends will be highlighted and summarized.