Narendra, K. and Limiti, E. and Paoloni, C. and Collantes, J.-M. and Jansen, R.H. (2010) Cascaded distributed power amplifier with non-identical transistors and inter-stage tapered impedance. In: Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2010 European. IEEE, 990 -993. ISBN 978-1-4244-7232-1
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A concept technique of cascaded distributed power amplifier (DPA) with non-identical transistors and controlled inter-stage tapered impedance for wideband applications is presented. The topology solves the gain peaking effect (expansion) at cut-off frequency and guarantees sufficient stability margins. The advantages of the proposed technique are explored analytically before prototype fabrication. At measurement level, 10 W output power, 32 dB gain and PAE (power-aided-efficiency) in excess of 15% are recorded from 70-2000 MHz. A good agreement between simulations and measurements was obtained.