>10 W, 0.01 GHz to 2.8 GHz, GaN Power Amplifier

The HMC8500LP5DE is a gallium nitride (GaN), broadband power amplifier delivering >10 W with up to 55% power added efficiency (PAE) across an instantaneous bandwidth of 0.01 GHz to 2.8 GHz, and with a ±1.0 dB typical gain flatness.

The HMC8500LP5DE is ideal for pulsed or continuous wave (CW) applications, such as wireless infrastructure, radars, public mobile radios, and general-purpose amplification.

The HMC8500LP5DE amplifier is externally tuned using low cost, surface-mount components and is available in a compact LFCSP package.

Applications

* Extended battery operation for public mobile radios

* Power amplifier stage for wireless infrastructures

* Test and measurement equipment

* Commercial and military radars

* General-purpose transmitter amplification

* High small signal gain: 16.0 dB

* High PAE: 55% typical

* Instantaneous bandwidth: 0.01 GHz to 2.8 GHz

* Supply voltage: VDD = 28 V at 100 mA