QPA2598 Description
Qorvo’s QPA2598 is a packaged broadband driver amplifier fabricated on Qorvo’s QGaN15 0.15 um GaN on SiC process. Operating from 6 to 12 GHz, the QPA2598 achieves 2.5 W output power with a Power Added Efficiency of 30 % and harmonic suppression of -30dBc. Under nominal bias, it provides 22 dB small signal gain and 16 dB of large signal power gain.
QPA2598 Key Features
- Frequency Range: 6
- 12 GHz
- Small Signal Gain: 23 dB (mid-band)
- Pout: 34 dBm (PIN = 18 dBm)
- PAE: 30 % CW
- Power Gain: 16 dB (PIN = 18 dBm)
- Harmonic Suppression -30 dBc (Pin = 18 dBm)
- 30 dBc (24 dBm Pout/Tone)
- Input Return Loss: 10 dB
- Output Return Loss: 8 dB