200W Four-way Combined Pulsed Amplifier with 40% Power-Added Efficiency in X-Band

Abstract

This paper presents an X-band power-combined pulsed high power amplifier (HPA) based on the low insertion loss waveguide combiner. Relationships between the return loss and isolation of the magic Tee (MT) have been analyzed and the accurate design technique is given. The combination network is validated by the measurement of a single MT and a four-way passive network, and the characterization of the combined HPA module is designed, fabricated and discussed. The HPA delivers 200W output power with an associated power-added efficiency close to 40% within the frequency range of 7.8 GHz to 12.3 GHz. The combination efficiency is higher than 93%.