Power amplifiers for 3.5 GHz W-CDMA applications

Author

Peatman, W.C.B. ; Hartin, O. ; Knappenberger, B. ; Miller, M. ; Hooper, R.

Author_Institution

Motorola Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2000

Firstpage

71

Lastpage

74

Abstract

The InGaAs PHEMT is attracting good interest as a cost effective, highly reliable power amplifier technology for base station applications. Operating from 12 V supplies, a typical 15 mm device delivers over 40 dBm of saturated power with efficiencies as high as 68% at 1.9 GHz and 58% at 3.5 GHz. Under the stringent W-CDMA spec of -40dBc adjacent channel power (with 11.2 dB peak-to-average signal ratio), a linear power of 33.0 dBm with 28.5% efficiency is obtained in class AB mode. In this paper, we discuss the design, fabrication and rf performance of InGaAs PHEMT PAs under development for low cost, highly linear basestation applications.

Keywords

HEMT circuits; III-V semiconductors; code division multiple access; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; microwave power amplifiers; mobile radio; 1.9 GHz; 12 V; 28.5 percent; 3.5 GHz; 58 percent; 68 percent; InGaAs; InGaAs PHEMT power amplifier; RF characteristics; W-CDMA; base station; class AB mode; mobile communication; Etching; FETs; Fabrication; Gallium arsenide; Gold; Multiaccess communication; PHEMTs; Passivation; Power amplifiers; Silicon compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GaAs IC Symposium, 2000. 22nd Annual

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA, USA

ISSN

1064-7775

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5968-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GAAS.2000.906294

Filename

906294