• DocumentCode
    3004648
  • Title

    Two Ka-band quasi-optical amplifier arrays

  • Author

    Forman, M. ; Marshall, T. ; Popovic, Z.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    13-19 June 1999
  • Firstpage
    1829
  • Abstract
    Performance repeatability, thermal properties, and effects of biasing are studied on two Ka-band quasi-optical slot amplifier arrays fabricated with commercial MMICs on 254-/spl mu/m aluminum-nitride substrates. The unit cells are arranged in a 6/spl times/6 triangular lattice to suppress sidelobes. The amplifier arrays have peak small-signal gains of 2.1 dB at 31.02 GHz and 6.5 dB at 31.40 GHz, respectively.
  • Keywords
    MMIC amplifiers; circuit stability; millimetre wave amplifiers; power combiners; slot antenna arrays; 2.1 dB; 254 micron; 31.02 GHz; 31.4 GHz; 6.5 dB; Ka-band; MMICs; amplifier arrays; biasing; peak small-signal gains; performance repeatability; quasi-optical amplifier arrays; slot amplifier arrays; thermal properties; triangular lattice; Antenna arrays; Gain; High power amplifiers; Lattices; MMICs; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Slot antennas; Stability; Thermal management;
  • 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.1999.780328
  • Filename
    780328