Amplifier Gains Millimeter Waves

Oct. 14, 2010

Model HHPAV-362 is a millimeter-wave power amplifier from Renaissance Electronics Corporation/HXI designed for applications from 59 to 61 GHz and usable to 65 GHz. Based on monolithic-microwave-integrated-circuit (MMIC) technology for repeatability, the amplifiers feature typical small-signal gain of 18 dB from 59 to 62 GHz with +24 dBm typical output power at 1-dB compression and +27 dBm saturated output power. The amplifier, which draws 1.3 A current at +6.5 VDC under typical linear operation, achieves a third-order intercept point of typically +32 dBm. It exhibits input and output return loss of 13 dB and is equipped with a WR-15, UG-385/U interface. The amplifier can be used in transmitters for communication and radar systems and also as part of test equipment suites. Multiple devices have been combined to achieve the output power. Each amplifier contains a voltage regulator and bias sequencing circuitry allowing the use of a single bias to power the amplifier.

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Jack Browne

Technical Contributor

Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.