Speaker
Dr
Jim Mayock
(VIPER RF Limited)
Description
This report focuses on the critical design of the key T/R functions of high power amplification, low noise amplification and switching for the design of a C-Band GaN single chip front end (SCFE) for radar applications. The designs are performed on a commercial European 0.25um GaN process technology. Circuit architectures for the HPA, LNA and T/R switch are considered in order to meet a target output power of 40W within a monolithically integrated solution. A set of HPA designs, LNA/switch designs and full T/R MMIC solutions are presented with a full set of layouts and simulations.
| ESA Technical Officer | Iain Davies |
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Primary authors
Dr
Jim Mayock
(VIPER RF Limited)
Dr
Qing Sun
(Viper-RF Ltd)
Dr
Simon Chan
(VIPER RF Limited)
Mr
Thomas Le Toux
(VIPER RF Limited)
Dr
Tuyen Vo
(VIPER RF Limited)
