Use of High Accuracy GaN Models for Rapid High Efficiency Power Amplifier Design Success
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Webinar DateTuesday, March 13, 2018
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Webinar Time8am PT / 11am ET
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Webinar Overview
This webinar will focus on model-based PA design methods, utilizing Keysight Advanced Design System simulation software along with state-of- the-art non-linear GaN models available from Modelithics for a range of Qorvo high-performance GaN-on-SiC power transistors. A systematic design flow will be exemplified for the case of a 160W Class AB GaN reference design that achieved all goals with no tuning required. Applications of similar flows to other high-efficiency modes such as Class E/F, Class J and Doherty® amplifier configurations will also be discussed.
Why This Webinar Matters
This webinar illustrates the features and applications of state-of-the-art GaN models combined with advanced EDA simulation templates, and helps design engineers to better understand and use GaN-on-SiC for PA design using discrete die or packaged devices. Engineers will gain insight into power amplifier design simulation for meeting high-power/high-efficiency requirements.
Who Should Attend
Everyone who wants to better understand model-based power amplifier design
Design engineers who want to learn about Class AB, Class E/F, and Class J configurations
Design engineers who are interested in simulation demonstration and modeling & measurement
Design engineers and managers interested in GaN on Silicon Carbide
Agenda
Features & applications of advanced non-linear GaN HEMT models (Modelithics)
Simulation-based design of high-efficiency amplifier modes Class AB & Class E/F/J (Keysight)
High-power GaN HEMT technology for die and packaged devices, and amplifier design examples for Class AB and Doherty (Qorvo)
Presenter Bios:
Dr. Rached Hajji
Senior Member of Technical Staff, Base Station Linear PA Design
Qorvo
Dr. Rached Hajji is a Senior Member Technical Staff, Base Station Linear PA Design for Infrastructure and Defense Products at Qorvo. His responsibilities include designing GaN power discretes and wideband Doherty PAs using built-in nonlinear models and behavioral models; RF- characterization and modeling of a variety of GaAs p-HEMT & HBT; and GaN transistor technologies. Dr. Hajji’s expertise includes passive and active harmonic load-pull device characterization and design of PA modules for base station pico-cell and small-cell markets. Prior to joining Qorvo in 2005, Dr. Hajji spent eight years at Eudyna (now Sumitomo) in various roles, including Device Modeling Manager and Senior Design Engineer. Dr. Hajji has a PH.D, a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal, Canada. He is an IEEE member and the author of more than 35 technical papers.
Dr. Larry Dunleavy
President & CEO
Modelithics
Dr. Lawrence Dunleavy co-founded Modelithics in 2001 to provide improved modeling solutions and high-quality microwave measurement services for RF and microwave designers. He is currently serving as President & CEO of Modelithics. He also maintains a part-time position as a Professor within USF’s Department of Electrical Engineering, where he has been on the faculty since 1990. Prior to this, he worked as a design engineer for Hughes Aircraft and E-Systems. Dr. Dunleavy received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1982, and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and PH.D. degrees in 1984 and 1988, respectively, from the University of Michigan, during which time he was a Howard Hughes Doctoral Fellow. Dr. Dunleavy is a Senior Member of IEEE, and is active in the IEEE MTT Society and the Automatic RF Techniques Group (ARFTG). Dr. Dunleavy also served as the General Chair and Co-chair of the 2014 IEEE MTT-S IMS held in Tampa Florida. He holds two patents and has authored and co-authored more than 100 papers on RF and microwave measurements, modeling and circuit design, and a book chapter on MMIC design.
Jack Sifri
MMIC/Module Design-Flow Specialist Product Manager of MMIC Simulation Technologies
Keysight Technologies
Jack Sifri is a MMIC/Module Design-Flow Specialist and Product Manager of MMIC simulation technologies at Keysight Technologies. Before joining Keysight, Mr. Sifri spent 15 years designing RF and microwave circuits for space applications at Hughes Aircraft Co. He has published many articles on MMIC design flow, LNA design techniques, statistical design methodology and design for manufacturing, non-linear X- parameters, and circuit simulation technologies. Mr. Sifri holds Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from the University of Southern California.
