A 36 W, V-band, solid state source

Author

Sowers, J.J. ; Pritchard, D.J. ; White, A.E. ; Kong, W. ; Tang, O.S.A. ; Tanner, D.R. ; Jablinskey, K.

Author_Institution

Sanders Associates Inc., Nashua, NH, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

13-19 June 1999

Firstpage

235

Abstract

A 36 W, V-band, solid state source with <1 deg/dB of AM/PM distortion has been demonstrated. The source joins low loss RF spatial combining techniques with high thermal capacity, high density, multi-layer substrates, enabling a breakthrough for the generation of millimeter-wave, solid state power. Subsequently, using 0.1 /spl mu/m PHEMT MMICs allows low AM/PM distortion. To the author´s knowledge, this paper´s result is the highest V-band solid state power recorded.

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; electric distortion; field effect MIMIC; millimetre wave generation; millimetre wave power amplifiers; power combiners; transmitters; 0.1 micron; 36 W; EHF; MM-wave solid state power; PHEMT MMICs; V-band solid state source; high density multilayer substrates; high thermal capacity substrates; low AM/PM distortion; low loss RF spatial combining techniques; millimeter-wave power generation; pseudomorphic HEMT; Assembly; Driver circuits; MMICs; Millimeter wave technology; PHEMTs; Power amplifiers; Power generation; RF signals; Radio frequency; Solid state circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1999 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5135-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1999.779465

Filename

779465