• DocumentCode
    1068025
  • Title

    40 GHz bandwidth amplifier IC using AlGaAs/GaAs ballistic collection transistors with carbon-doped bases

  • Author

    Sano, Eiichi ; Yamahata, S. ; Matsuoka, Yasutaka

  • Author_Institution
    NTT LSI Labs., Atsugi
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    4/14/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    635
  • Lastpage
    636
  • Abstract
    An fmax of 192 GHz is achieved by a ballistic collection transistor with a launcher and a heavily carbon-doped base. A two-stage direct-coupled amplifier IC fabricated using the transistors provides a high gain of 16.8 dB with a 3 dB-down frequency of 40 GHz
  • Keywords
    DC amplifiers; III-V semiconductors; MMIC; S-parameters; aluminium compounds; bipolar integrated circuits; gallium arsenide; heterojunction bipolar transistors; microwave amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; 16.8 dB; 192 GHz; 3 dB-down frequency; 40 GHz; AlGaAs-GaAs:C; AlGaAs/GaAs ballistic collection transistors; S-parameters; band engineered HBT; broadband amplifier; heavily C-doped base; high bandwidth; launcher; two-stage direct-coupled amplifier IC;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940446
  • Filename
    280652