Title :
A miniature 15-50-GHz medium power amplifier
Author :
Chuang, Mei-Chen ; Wu, Pei-Si ; Lei, Ming-Fong ; Wang, Huei ; Wang, Yu-Chi ; Wu, Chan Shin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
Abstract :
A miniature power amplifier, which combines two conventional distributed amplifiers and a single transistor amplifier is designed to achieve wide bandwidth, high gain and moderate output power from 15 to 50 GHz. This circuit was fabricated using 0.15-mum GaAs based pHEMT MMIC technology. The measured small signal gain is 21plusmn1.5dB from 15 to 50 GHz, and the output saturated power is 18-22 dBm from 18 to 50 GHz with a miniature size of 1.5 times 1 mm2
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MMIC power amplifiers; distributed amplifiers; gallium arsenide; high electron mobility transistors; millimetre wave power amplifiers; 0.15 micron; 1 mm; 1.5 mm; 15 to 50 GHz; 18 to 50 GHz; GaAs; distributed amplifiers; miniature power amplifier; pHEMT MMIC technology; single transistor amplifier; Bandwidth; Circuits; Distributed amplifiers; Gallium arsenide; High power amplifiers; MMICs; PHEMTs; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2006 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9572-7
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2006.1651181
