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  DOWNLOAD THE FULL WHITE PAPER   GaN has continued to make headways into the advancing state-of-the-art high power RF and microwave applications. A variety of applications arising from 5G/IoT will be the driving force in creating next-gen GaN devices operating at mm-wave frequencies and beyond. The challenges and opportunities […]

Insights on GaN in Millimeter Wave 5G Front-end Modules


  DOWNLOAD THE FULL WHITE PAPER   Particle accelerators such as cyclotrons and linear accelerators (LINACs) are widely used as a vehicle for fundamental research in physics as well as energy R&D, medicine, industrial manufacturing and security. A particle beam composed of protons, ions or neutrons can be created by […]

High Efficiency GaN Power Amplifier Design for Particle Accelerators



  DOWNLOAD THE FULL WHITE PAPER   Soldiers are often tasked to perform reconnaissance and surveillance in unknown, hostile environments. Missions may require an operative to search for specific assets. However, these assets may be placed out of visual range and in a zone with insufficient mapping of the area, […]

Perspectives on Through-Wall Radar Imaging


DOWNLOAD THE FULL PUBLICATION   The work presents a light weight and compact solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) using GaN technology for L1 band (1.575GHz) GPS applications. Due to immature development of GaN transistor modeling, the PA is designed to operate in Class F mode by using a combination of harmonic […]

A compact 100W, 68% Class F GaN Power Amplifier for ...


DOWNLOAD THE FULL PUBLICATION   The far-field electromagnetic radiation patterns of different dipole antennas used for an RF energy harvesting necklace for smart jewelry are studied. Rigid Vee, U-shaped copper and flexible silver-ink dipoles are explored with and without a human body phantom. Measurements demonstrate the advantages of Vee or […]

Radiation Patterns of an RF Energy Harvesting Necklace on Human ...



DOWNLOAD THE FULL PUBLICATION   This paper describes a high output power (133W) inverse class-F (class-F-1) GaN HEMT power amplifier (PA) for space applications. The PA operates at 1.227GHz-the L2C second civilian GPS signal operation frequency. Harmonic controlling matching networks are designed to achieve class-F-1 current and voltage waveforms at […]

A High Power Inverse Class-F GaN Amplifier for L-band GPS ...


DOWNLOAD THE FULL PUBLICATION   An L-band high power and high efficiency solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) design is presented. This compact, lightweight GaN HEMT SSPA is designed for nano-satellite GPS applications. This paper focuses on class F to achieve high efficiency by using waveform shaping methods. The optimal magnitude and […]

High Power Class F GaN HEMT Power Amplifier in L ...


DOWNLOAD THE FULL PUBLICATION   Energy harvesting and wireless power transfer to power small, low-power and autonomous devices have recently attracted numerous research studies. Due to the lack of energy supplies, DC to DC converters with multiple inputs have been studied to harvest different energy sources simultaneously. In this paper, […]

Pulse Skipping Modulation Method for Multiple Input Buck Boost Converter



DOWNLOAD THE FULL PUBLICATION   GaN will play a strong role in advanced RF and microwave applications including 5G and satellite communications. The specifications of these systems will push next-gen GaN devices towards mm-wave operation. The challenges and opportunities for commercial deployment of GaN are identified and a variety of […]

Future Directions for GaN in 5G and Satellite Communications