An ultra low noise W-band monolithic three-stage amplifier using 0.1- mu m pseudomorphic InGaAs/GaAs HEMT technology

Author

Wang, H. ; Ton, T.N. ; Tan, K.L. ; Dow, G.S. ; Chen, T.H. ; Chang, K.W. ; Berenz, J. ; Allen, B. ; Liu, P. ; Streit, D. ; Hayashibara, G. ; Liu, L.C.T.

Author_Institution

TRW, Redondo Beach, CA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

1-5 June 1992

Firstpage

803

Abstract

An ultra-low-noise W-band monolithic three-stage amplifier based on 0.1- mu m pseudomorphic InGaAs/GaAs high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) devices has been developed. This amplifier has a measured noise figure of 3.5 dB with an associated small signal gain of 21 dB at 94 GHz. This is the best reported performance of a monolithic W-band high-gain low-noise amplifier (LNA), significantly improved compared with previous records in terms of noise figure and associated gain. Accurate modeling techniques were essential to the success of this monolithic circuit design, which included active device and full-wave electromagnetic analysis of passive matching structures. The measured results of the W-band three-stage monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) LNA from 91 to 97 GHz are presented.<>

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MMIC; gallium arsenide; high electron mobility transistors; indium compounds; microwave amplifiers; 0.1 micron; 21 dB; 3.5 dB; 91 to 97 GHz; 94 GHz; HEMT technology; InGaAs-GaAs; W-band monolithic three-stage amplifier; active device; full-wave electromagnetic analysis; low-noise amplifier; noise figure; passive matching structures; small signal gain; Gain measurement; Gallium arsenide; HEMTs; Indium gallium arsenide; Low-noise amplifiers; MMICs; MODFETs; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Performance gain;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1992., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0611-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1992.188109

Filename

188109