• DocumentCode
    662032
  • Title

    An ultra low-power Q-band LNA with 50% bandwidth in WIN GaAs 0.1-μm pHEMT process

  • Author

    Ping-Han Ho ; Chau-Ching Chiong ; Huei Wang

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Inst. of Commun. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    5-8 Nov. 2013
  • Firstpage
    713
  • Lastpage
    715
  • Abstract
    A pHEMT Q-band low noise amplifier (LNA) for radio astronomy applications is designed, fabricated and measured. This LNA exhibits a bandwidth from 27 to 45 GHz with the small signal gain of 25 dB, and with the noise figure below 3.1 dB. The total power consumption is only 9 mA, and the figure-of-merit (FOM) is 34.2 (GHz/mW), which is highest compared with the previously published LNAs.
  • Keywords
    gallium arsenide; high electron mobility transistors; low noise amplifiers; low-power electronics; radioastronomy; FOM; GaAs; WIN pHEMT process; bandwidth 27 GHz to 45 GHz; current 9 mA; figure-of-merit; gain 25 dB; low noise amplifier; radio astronomy applications; ultra low-power Q-band LNA; Gain; HEMTs; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave communication; Noise figure; Radio astronomy; HEMT; MMIC; low noise amplifier; radio astronomy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2013 Asia-Pacific
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APMC.2013.6694906
  • Filename
    6694906