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24 /23 em-Band Linear Power Amplifi er
Module M 57762
The linear linal ampl il i er de scribed In thll
art icle COnllll1 of Iwo Ml1subish l lot Sn62
hybrid amplifie r s. in RF Iiolation I rem eac h
other, leed lng the common output. A 0"..
module v....ion w ill also be de scribed which
may either be used ~ bare-tooIM or as • PA
driver siage .
In particular , the parallel PA stage IS cha-ac-
teneec by lis SimpliCIty and unproblemahca l
dnve reqUiremenls , The COflstrucl lOfl requees
no specia l PCB rnatenale . such as PTFE. and
also no scecer components It can, In teet, be
constructed, as soon as the two M 57762
module s have been obta ined, trom materials
avaIlable from most raoc amalEl!.Jf workshops
1.
SINGLE ·MOOULE PA
A single-module stage will be oescreeo Ilrsl as
thiS IS the baSIC module whICh can be used 10
dove !he Double-module PA (formed also from the
same cirCUits) See figurel 1 104
A propne tary tm-ptate bo ~ dlmenSlOl1ed 37 x 74 x
50 mm is used to house the module No cut-
outs should be provided In the cover for the
module as unfavourable earth ecooectcoe could
be lormed. which could encourage csenetcos .
thus dlmlfllshlng the OUlput power The lower
cover 01 the li n-plate box should be soldered
com pletely around li s penmeter, 10 lhe walls of
lhe bo~ , 1n order to achieve a good eectncat and
mechan ca t contact The ground tabs of the
hybrid module are secured With two M4 screws
10 the enclosu re cover and lhe hea t smk lined
The supt>ly voltage IS Introduc ed VIafeed -through
capacitors , The cececec -s C 1 compns e small
5 ~ 5 mm ( appro ~ ,) piece s 01 two-sided PCB
material which serve as HF terminal points as
well as a deoouplmg capaCitor They are soldered
dIrectly 10 the bottom cove' 01 the enclosure
The cepecuors marked Care meoe from a com -
blnallono! 1 nF ceearmc prata capacucrs soldered
to thE! bottom cover direct ly under the modu le
connechons 2, 3 and 4 . and a 4 7 nF and 10 " F
tantalum cececece.
For AM-ATV and ss e working. C2 and C3
(fantalum cepecnorsj should also be added to the
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de-coupling The Input and output matching IS
so good that the usual eenee preset capaCitor
used tor this purpose may be dispensed with
1.1. Pow er Char acteristi c s
The data 01 the power ampliliel. whiCh was c;on.
structed In accordance with the miormanoe
given reee . is shown in IIg . 5 II maybe seeotnet
the ma ~ lmum peak Input dnvmg power lor SSB
wonung is 200 mW . The max imum amplilication
In the linear reg oo all(l at 14 'I0Il5 supply . IS
apprO ~ lmately 20 dB. II the amplifier is required
tor FM-ATV ere. It can be run Into the saturahon
reglOll Witha powe r output up to 22 W without any
teal 01 any rallng s being exceeded
When using thiS module as a driver lor a double
PA. rt IS 10 be ensured thaI the Inpul drive power

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does not exceed 2 W as Ihls w,1I damage It II IS

lor IhlS reason that the dover In the double PA
IS supplied with 9 volts and a senes resistor
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employed 10 ensure that the crwe power is

Ilm,ted to a ma ximum 014 W Towards lhe end 01
1988. ,.·lItsul:llshi are to produce a dedlcated
drIVer module lor the M sn62 II will be desIg.
nated M6n1S and Will have an output power of
2 W al 7.2 V supply . and a gain 01 22 dB In the
linear porllOn or its Characteristics
Fig . 7 : The 0 O<:OUplM

2. welt as the equipping of the board Wllh capacitorS

PARALLELLED MODULE S
The ease coostncnon of the parall el PA slage
loIlows that 01 lhe single PA driver Both uMs
are housed In !he proprietary box 1 11 x 74 x
JOmm I l ig . 5J. The Wlrlng of !he SlJpply voltage as
is exacUy ee same as thai descnbed for the
Stngle-module amplifier. In order met me umt is
driven In a strictly balanced manner under all
inpul ccocuoos. the some what more Involved
way 01 USing an RF l:lI'ldge 10 combine the two
module elements was employed The so-called
o -ccecrer (fig. 7 ) offers a very simple con-

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struc tlOfI with sut ncie nt isolahon be tween the
two branch ampillie rs PA 1 and PA 2.'Of amateur
purposes The lransl orm allOn is eeected by
mean s ot tour ).i4 lengths 01 75 II cable (RG·
179 ·U OfsimIla r). The author used 4 1 em length s
01 thin PTFE cable whICh are soldered directly
on to the no-crete bo x
The unit IS very robu st and ..... ,11 Wi thstand a VSWR
0 ' 16 : 1 at full output power . The max lmum supply
voltage is 17 volts and the second harmonIC
suppression IS 30 dB , the third harmonIC sup -
presseers bemg 35 dB

Under no account should ordinary Wile be em- 2.2. Oper.lionai Experience

ployed IOf ttns purpose as spurious eecmatoos
are sure to occur
2.1. Perf or mance Oala for th e Dou bl e PA
The double PA constructed by the author req Uired
2 W mput power to crwe It to 40 (Of 48 W as te -
qUlred) a' a supply voltage 0114 vcne
The etllCl8ncy is not partICularly hogh, all ex-
amples having, however, more Ihan 30 %
etllCieOCy With a power outpu t 0140 W and a DC
supply power ot 120 W. a large heat-Sink must
beemployed The big advan tage 01this PA slage
is thal li COIIers the Whole cure 24 cm band With·
out tunmg being reqUired and With no need to
adjustthe eeve .
The "na! amph',er , as show n In l ig . 8, has been
used by the author In FM relay and in SSB
work ,ng 'Of OIIel a yeal now With no prob lem s
whatsoever The advan tage ot the unit nee in
lISwideband cnaracie rtsncs and in ItSrobustne ss
The prototype of the double PA has been in
constant use IOf over a year in a 23 cm FM-relay
operatiOn It sometimes occu rs thai it is over-
dnven for peeooe 01 more than ' 0 hour s al
powers ot 45 W bu t, as yet. With no problems .
II the construct iOn IS earned ou t exactly In ac-
cordance with thiS article , there IS noth ing 10
prevent an en tirely successfu l ccerence With
Ih,s unit Agai n, do not use any cut-outs In the
houSing cover .

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