High Power Microwave Solid State Amplifier Topologies

During this Phase 1 SBIR project for the U.S. Navy, Vadum studied system tradeoffs and design guidelines for optimum solid-state wide bandgap high power microwave (HPM) RF (radio frequency) PA (power amplifier) realization matched to narrowband (NB) or wideband (WB) HPM antennas.

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The design guidelines will maximize radiated power by deriving die-level and circuit-level impactors on power, bandwidth, efficiency, pulse characteristics, and thermal performance. Resulting design approaches will enhance warfighter spectrum dominance by populating the commercially neglected middle ground between traditional impulse-driven vacuum electronics based HPM and standard electronic warfare (EW).