A broadband, push-pull power MMIC operating at K/Ka-band frequencies

Author

Schellenberg, J.M.

Author_Institution

Schellenberg Associates, Huntington Beach, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2-7 June 2002

Firstpage

909

Abstract

A 2-stage, push-pull power MMIC operating over the 20 to 36 GHz band is presented. With a P/sub 1dB/ and P/sub SAT/ of 0.51 W and 0.78 W respectively, this IC has demonstrated a 1-dB power bandwidth, at a minimum output power of 28 dBm, that extends from 22 to 31 GHz. This result represents the highest combination of output power and bandwidth reported from a power MMIC operating at K/Ka-band frequencies. The size of this IC with integrated baluns is a compact 1.5 /spl times/ 3.75 mm/sup 2/.

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; MMIC power amplifiers; baluns; differential amplifiers; field effect MMIC; millimetre wave power amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; 0.51 W; 0.78 W; 1-dB power bandwidth; 20 to 36 GHz; GaAs IC foundry; K-band frequency; Ka-band frequency; PHEMT process; broadband push-pull power MMIC; integrated baluns; intermodulation performance; minimum output power; push-pull power amplifier; Bandwidth; Circuits; Coplanar waveguides; Fixtures; Frequency; Impedance matching; MMICs; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2002 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7239-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2002.1011777

Filename

1011777