IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
Print ISSN : 0916-8524
Special Section on Emerging Technologies and Applications for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Systems
S-Band GaN on Si Based 1kW-Class SSPA System for Space Wireless Applications
Yuta KOBAYASHISatoshi YOSHIDAZen-ichi YAMAMOTOShigeo KAWASAKI
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2013 Volume E96.C Issue 10 Pages 1245-1253

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An S-band GaN on Si based 1kW-class SSPA system for space wireless applications is proposed. Since high-efficiency and high-reliability amplifier is one of the most important technologies for power and communication systems in a future space base station on a planet, compact, high-power, and high-efficiency SSPA is strongly requested instead of TWTA. Thus, we adopt GaN on Si based amplifier due to its remarkable material properties. At the beginning, thermal vacuum and radiation test of GaN on Si are conducted so as to confirm the space applicability. Fabricated SSPA system consists of eight 200W HPAs and coaxial waveguide power combiner. It achieves high efficiency such as 57% of drain efficiency and 87% of combining efficiency when RF output power achieves more than 60dBm. Furthermore, long-term stable operation and good phase noise characteristics are also confirmed.

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