A Miniaturized 0.5-Watt Q-band 0.25-µm GaAs PHEMT High Power Amplifier MMIC

Bessemoulin, A. ; Quentin, P. ; Thomas, H. ; Geiger, D. (2002) A Miniaturized 0.5-Watt Q-band 0.25-µm GaAs PHEMT High Power Amplifier MMIC. In: Gallium Arsenide applications symposium. GAAS 2002, 23-27 september 2002, Milano.
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Abstract

The performance of a very compact power amplifier MMIC for Q-band applications is reported. Using a 4-inch 0.25-µm GaAs power PHEMT process, this 4-stage amplifier achieved a linear gain of 19 dB over the 36 to 45 GHz frequency range, with an output power at 1-dB gain compression of 26 dBm (P-1dB=400 mW), and a saturated output power of 0.5 Watt (Psat=27 dBm), for a chip size of only 2.25 mm 2 (1.25 × 1.8 mm 2 ). Compared to state-of-the-art power amplifier MMICs operating in the 36-43 GHz frequency range, the combined output power- and gain- densities per chip area are nearly a factor two higher, namely 220 mW/mm 2 and 8.5 dB/mm 2 .

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Bessemoulin, A.
Quentin, P.
Thomas, H.
Geiger, D.
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