• DocumentCode
    1916660
  • Title

    Fully-matched, high-efficiency Q-band 1 watt MMIC solid state power amplifier

  • Author

    Hwang, Y. ; Chow, P.D. ; Lester, J. ; Chi, J. ; Garske, D. ; Biedenbender, M. ; Lai, R.

  • Author_Institution
    TRW Electron. Syst. & Technol. Div., Redondo Beach, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    17-19 June 1996
  • Firstpage
    167
  • Lastpage
    170
  • Abstract
    A fully-matched, high-efficiency Q-band 1 watt MMIC power amplifier has been developed. This chip utilized 2 mil-thick GaAs substrate to improve amplifier gain, power added efficiency and heat dissipation. 1 watt output power and 30% efficiency was achieved at 44 GHz.
  • Keywords
    HEMT integrated circuits; MMIC power amplifiers; field effect MIMIC; impedance matching; millimetre wave amplifiers; power amplifiers; 1 W; 30 percent; 44 GHz; EHF; GaAs; GaAs substrate; HEMT process; MMIC power amplifier; Q-band; fully-matched configuration; high-efficiency operation; solid state power amplifier; Circuit simulation; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; HEMTs; High power amplifiers; MMICs; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Semiconductor device measurement; Solid state circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1996. Digest of Papers., IEEE 1996
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3360-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCS.1996.506328
  • Filename
    506328