Best sources for RF transistors?

[DougReimers]

I have a desire to design some RF amplifiers in the S-band, around 2 GHz, mostly just to understand a little better and learn more how various styles of amplifier work. But the only RF transistors I can find, especially for power amplifiers, seem to be nearly 50$ apiece from Qorvo or Wolfspeed. Are there any cheap RF transistors I could use while I'm learning (maybe silicon instead of GaN or GaAs)? If so, what would be a good source?

I hope to do a Class A, a Class B, a Class C, and maybe a Class E, and my target Psat would be someplace between 0.5 and 5 W.

Thanks!

[Deepa_V · Accepted solution]

Hi @DougReimers ,

Please have a look at the possible variants at https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/product/rf/rf-transistor/high-linearity-rf-transistors/. For the price of the transistors, please contact local sales and distributers. 

Best regards,

Deepa