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GaN Amplifiers

Gallium Nitride Wide Band-Gap HEMT

Empower RF has broad experience delivering high power GaN amplifiers into mission critical applications and was a very early adopter of GaN on SiC.. Although Empower has many product lines encompassing state-of-the-art Bipolar, MOSFET, LDMOS and GaAs FET devices, GaN has become the marquee technology for TWT replacement and other applications where improvement of SWaP is desired.

Why GaN Transistors?

The key characteristics that makes Gallium Nitride an enabling technology is its significantly higher power density and greater reliability. GaN's increased power density (W/mm) has enabled Empower to reduce power amplifier sizes, minimize cooling and heat-sink demands and package more power per given volume. With the increased efficiencies that GaN provides, Empower RF delivers more reliable, smaller and lighter broadband power amplifiers.

GaN -more specifically GaN on SiC -provides higher output power, longer pulse widths, and larger duty cycles and significantly higher MTTF than GaN on Si, GaAS HEMT, LDMOS, and MOSFET high power transistors.

DEVICE TECHNOLOGY FREQUENCY COVERAGE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGES TRADE-OFFS
GaN
(Gallium Nitride HEMT)
High Electron Mobility Transistor
20-6000 MHz broadband
8-12 GHz narrowband
12-18 GHz narrowband
18-40 GHz narrowband
Up to 100 GHz Future
Broadband Matching
Ultra broadband operation
Efficiency
Linearity
Ruggedness
High Power Density
Thermal Resistance RÓ¨jc is High Cost
Low P1dB compression point
Need Negative Bias Voltage
Turn On/Off sequence
LDMOS
(Lateral Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor FET)
20-1000 MHz broadband
1000-3000 MHz narrowband
3400-3800 MHz narrowband
Dynamic Range
Efficiency
Linearity
Gain Simple Device
Biasing Cost
Failure to Fast Pulse
Fall Times
Low input/output impedance
Difficult to broadband match
Failure to high power peaks
Cautious under load VSWR
MOSFET VMOS, DMOS
(Metal Oxide Semiconductor FET)
20-100 MHz
100-500 MHz
500-1000 MHz
Dynamic Range
Simple Device Biasing
Ruggedness
Fast Digital waveforms
Handles peak power levels
Ultra Broadband
Matching Upper Frequency Limit
Linearity Efficiency Gain
GaAsFET
(Gallium Arsenide MESFET)
Metal Semiconductor FET
500-3000 MHz broadband
2000-4000 broadband 2-6 GHz narrowband
6-12 GHz narrowband
12-18 GHz narrowband
18-40 GHz narrowband
Linearity
Ruggedness
Fast Digital waveforms
Handles peak power levels
Efficiency
Low Gain Cost Availability
Need Negative Bias Voltage
Turn On/Off sequence
Bipolar
(Silicon)
1-30 MHz
20-100 MHz
100-500 MHz
1200-1400 MHz
2000-3000 MHz narrowband
3000-3500 MHz narrowband
Proven Pulse Capability
Highest Power Packaged Device
Ruggedness
Fast Digital waveforms
Handles peak power levels
Efficiency Class C
Low Frequency operation
Ultra Broadband matching
Efficiency
Low Gain
Linearity
Biasing circuit

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GaN Amplifier Modules

PictureSKUData
Sheet
Start
(MHz)
Stop
(MHz)
Pout
(Watt)
Gain
(dB)
Modulation
Type
Size
(Inch)
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1116 20 520 10 40 CW/FM/AM 4.0x2.5x1.1Get Quote
1124 20 1000 30 44 CW/FM/AM 6.4x3.4x1.1Get Quote
1149 1000 2000 150 50 CW/FM/AM 7.4x4.1x1.06Get Quote
1117 500 2500 25 44 CW/FM/AM 6.0x3.0x1.0Get Quote
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1119 500 2500 50 46 CW/FM/AM 7.4x3.6x1.1Get Quote
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1189 500 2500 100 50 CW/FM/AM 7.4x3.6x1.06Get Quote
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1211 500 2500 100 57 CW/FM/AM/Pulse 7.0 x 4.0 x 1.1 Get Quote
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1113 1000 2500 50 46 CW/FM/AM 6.4x2.68x1.0Get Quote
1205 500 2700 25 44 CW/FM/AM 6.0 x 3.0 x 1.0Get Quote
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1209 500 2700 50 46 CW/FM/AM 7.4x3.6x1.1Get Quote
1208 500 2700 100 50 CW/FM/AM 8.2x3.6x1.06Get Quote
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1164 800 3000 50 50 CW/FM/AM 6.4x3.4x1.0Get Quote
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1148 1000 3000 50 50 CW/FM/AM 6.4x3.4x1.1Get Quote
1146 1000 3000 100 10 CW/FM/AM 6.8x4.4x1.1Get Quote
1199 1000 3000 100 61 CW/FM/AM 7.0x4.0x1.1Get Quote
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1184 700 3800 15 42 CW/FM/AM 6.0x3.0x1.0Get Quote
1227 5400 5900 300 60 Pulsed 7.0 x 4.0 x 1.0Get Quote
1219 500 6000 25 62 CW/FM/AM/Pulse 7.0x4.0x1.1Get Quote
1212 2000 6000 50 61 CW/FM/AM 7.0 x 4.0 x 1.1Get Quote
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1215 2000 6000 80 61 CW/FM/AM 9.0 x 5.0 x 1.1Get Quote
1138 2500 6000 10 40 CW/FM/AM 6.0x3.0x1.0Get Quote
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1131 2500 6000 35 48 CW/FM/AM 6.9x3.6x1.1Get Quote
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1191 2500 6000 100 60 CW/FM/AM 8.0x6.5x1.0Get Quote
1222 9000 10000 250 60 Pulse 7.0 x 4.0 x 1.0Get Quote
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GaN Amplifier Systems

PictureSKUData
Sheet
Start
(MHz)
Stop
(MHz)
Pout
(Watt)
Gain
(dB)
Modulation
Type
Size
(Inch)
Quote
2244 1000 1400 8000 74 Pulsed 40 UGet Quote
2226 900 1600 2000 63 CW/FM/AM R8UGet Quote
2224 1000 2000 150 56 CW/FM 11 x 8 x 23.6Get Quote
2206 1000 2000 2000 63 Pulse R6UGet Quote
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2207 1000 2000 4000 66 Pulse R9UGet Quote
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2208 1000 2000 8000 69 Pulse R15UGet Quote
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2237 1000 2000 40000 81 Pulse 40UGet Quote
2176 1750 2120 4000 73 CW/FM/AM/Pulse 20UGet Quote
2199 500 2500 200 60 CW/FM/AM/Pulse R5UGet Quote
2202 500 2500 1000 63 CW/FM/AM/Pulse R8UGet Quote
2180 1000 2500 2000 64 CW/FM/AM R5U+R3UGet Quote
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2193 1000 3000 80 49 CW, Pulse R3UGet Quote
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2194 1000 3000 250 54 CW, Pulse R3UGet Quote
2187 1000 3000 500 57 CW/FM/AM R3UGet Quote
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2170 1000 3000 1000 63 CW/FM/AM R5UGet Quote
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2211 2700 3200 1200 62 Pulse R3UGet Quote
2236 2800 3500 120000 72 Pulse 80 UGet Quote
2239 2900 3500 1000 65 Pulse, CW R3UGet Quote
2229 2900 3500 2500 65 Pulse R5UGet Quote
2214 2900 3500 8000 70 Pulse R19UGet Quote
2213 2900 3500 10000 70 Pulse R15UGet Quote
2254 2900 3500 15000 75 Pulse 19RUGet Quote
2153 700 3800 200 54 CW/FM/AM R3UGet Quote
2245 2000 4000 5000 68 CW/FM/AM/Pulse R40UGet Quote
2238 2000 4000 12000 76 Pulse, CW 40UGet Quote
2240 5200 5900 800 65 Pulse, CW R3UGet Quote
2232 5200 5900 2500 65 CW, Pulse R5UGet Quote
2242 5200 5900 4000 67 Pulse 8RUGet Quote
2217 5200 5900 8000 70 Pulse R18UGet Quote
2247 5400 5900 30000 81 Pulse, CW R40UGet Quote
2198 20 6000 100 49 CW, Pulse R3UGet Quote
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2223 500 6000 150 53 CW/FM/AM/Pulse R5UGet Quote
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2222 600 6000 50 50 CW/FM/AM/Pulse R3UGet Quote
2215 1900 6000 200 53 CW/FM/AM/Pulse R5UGet Quote
2196 2000 6000 35 46 CW, Pulse R3UGet Quote
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2197 2000 6000 80 49 CW, Pulse R3UGet Quote
2195 2000 6000 120 51 CW, Pulse R3UGet Quote
2241 9000 10000 1000 65 Pulse R3UGet Quote
2221 9000 10000 8000 70 Pulse R20UGet Quote
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