• DocumentCode
    935878
  • Title

    Design of Broad-Band Power GaAs FET Amplifiers

  • Author

    Tajima, Yusuke ; Miller, Patrick D.

  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    3/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    261
  • Lastpage
    267
  • Abstract
    A model is presented for the drain-gate breakdown phenomenon of GaAs FET´s, based on experimental results. this breakdown model is added to a previously published large-signal model and incorporated in a powerful computer-aided design program called LSFET. The program is capable of searching for the optimum power load for an FET and simulating the power performance of multistage amplifiers. The design of power amplifiers is discussed in detail, using the knowledge gained from LSFET. Data is presented from a fabricated monolithic broad-band power amplifier chip showing good agreement between measured results and simulated curves.
  • Keywords
    Design automation; Electric breakdown; Fabrication; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Microwave FETs; Power amplifiers; Power system modeling; Predictive models; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9480
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMTT.1984.1132663
  • Filename
    1132663