NPT35015
Gallium Nitride 28V, 18W RF Power Transistor
®
Built using the SIGANTIC NRF1 process - A proprietary GaN-on-Silicon technology
FEATURES
• Optimized for CW, Pulsed, WiMAX, and other ap-
plications from 3300 - 3800 MHz
• 18W P3dB CW Power
• 25W P3dB peak envelope power
• 1.7W linear power @ 2% EVM for single carrier
OFDM, 10.3dB peak/average, 10.3dB @ 0.01%
probability on CCDF, 10.5dB gain, 18%
drain efficiency
3300 – 3800 MHz
18 Watt, 28 Volt
GaN HEMT
• Characterized for operation up to 32V
• 100% RF tested
• Thermally enhanced industry standard package
• High reliability gold metallization process
• Lead-free and RoHS compliant
• Subject to EAR99 export control
Typical 2-Tone Performance: VDS = 28V, IDQ = 200mA, Frequency = 3500MHz, Tone spacing = 1MHz, TC = 25°C.
Measured in Nitronex Test Fixture
Symbol
Parameter
Min
Typ
Max
Units
P3dB,PEP
P1dB,PEP
GSS
Peak Envelope Power at 3dB Compression
Peak Envelope Power at 1dB Compression
Small Signal Gain
14
-
18
10
11
48
-
-
-
-
W
W
10
43
dB
%
h
Peak Drain Efficiency at POUT = P3dB
RF Specifications (CW): VDS = 28V, IDQ = 200mA, Frequency = 3500MHz, TC = 25°C, Measured in Load Pull System
Symbol
Parameter
Typ
Units
P3dB
Average Output Power at 3dB Gain Compression
Pulsed Output Power at 3dB Gain Compression
Pulsed Output Power at 1dB Gain Compression
18
20
15
W
W
W
P3dB,Pulsed
P1dB,Pulsed
Typical OFDM Performance: VDS = 28V, IDQ = 200mA, POUT,AVG = 1.7W, single carrier OFDM waveform 64-QAM
3/4, 8 burst, 20ms frame, 15ms frame data, 3.5MHz channel bandwidth. Peak/Avg = 10.3dB @ 0.01% probability on CCDF.
Frequency = 3300 to 3800MHz. TC=25°C. Measured in Load Pull System (Refer to Table 1 and Figure 1)
Symbol
Parameter
Typ
Units
GP
h
Power Gain
10.5
18
dB
%
Drain Efficiency
Error Vector Magnitude
Input Return Loss
EVM
IRL
2.0
10
%
dB
NPT35015
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NDS-005 Rev 5, April 2013