pushpullPAAPPLICATION NOTE NUMBER 014 THE POSSIBILITIES ARE INFINITE Reprint of Technical Paper Presented at Wireless Symposium 2001 High Power GaAs FET Amplifiers: Push-Pull versus Balanced Configurations Presented by Jon Shumaker FUJITSU COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2355 Zanker Rd., San Jose, CA 95131 PH: (408) 232-9500 FAX: (408) 428-9111 www.fcsi.fujitsu.com 12-16 February 2001 San Jose, California High-Power GaAs FET Amplifiers: Push-Pull versus Balanced Configurations Example: WCDMA (2.11-2.17 GHz), 150W Amplifiers By Jonathan Shumaker, Raymond Basset, Alex Skuratov Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor, Inc. Abstract Various methods of combining high power “push-pull” devices are often possible. Two methods, push-pull and balanced configurations, are theoretically discussed. A practical ……