A single-chip 94-GHz frequency source using InP-based HEMT-HBT integration technology

Author

Wang, H. ; Lai, R. ; Tran, L. ; Cowles, J. ; Chen, Y.C. ; Lin, E.W. ; Liao, H.H. ; Ke, M.K. ; Block, T. ; Yen, H.C.

Author_Institution

TRW Space & Electron. Group, Redondo Beach, CA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

11-8 June 1998

Firstpage

275

Lastpage

278

Abstract

This paper presents the development of a 94-GHz monolithic frequency source using InP-based HEMT-HBT integration technology. This single-chip frequency source consists of five sub-circuits: a 23.5-GHz HBT VCO, a 23.5-GHz HBT buffer amplifier, a 23.5 to 47 GHz HEMT frequency doubler, a 47 GHz HEMT buffer amplifier, and a 47 to 94 GHz HEMT doubler. The source chip has a peak output power of 1.6 dBm, with tuning range from 90.8 GHz to 94.3 GHz. This is the highest-level integration of millimeter-wave solid-state integrated circuits using this technology reported to date.

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; III-V semiconductors; MIMIC; frequency multipliers; heterojunction bipolar transistors; indium compounds; millimetre wave amplifiers; millimetre wave frequency convertors; voltage-controlled oscillators; 23.5 to 94.3 GHz; EHF; HBT VCO; HBT buffer amplifier; HEMT buffer amplifier; HEMT doubler; HEMT frequency doubler; InP; InP-based HEMT-HBT integration technology; millimeter-wave integrated circuits; monolithic frequency source; single-chip MM-wave frequency source; Circuit optimization; Frequency; HEMTs; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Millimeter wave technology; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 1998 IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

ISSN

1097-2633

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4439-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.1998.682097

Filename

682097