• DocumentCode
    3335855
  • Title

    GaN HEMTs grown on sapphire substrates for microwave power amplification

  • Author

    Wu, Y.-F. ; Thibeault, B.J. ; Xu, J.J. ; York, R.A. ; Keller, S. ; Keller, B.P. ; Mishra, U.K.

  • Author_Institution
    WiTech, Goleta, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    23-23 June 1999
  • Firstpage
    50
  • Lastpage
    51
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we present development of large-periphery GaN-HEMTs-on-sapphire with output power up to 7.6 W. We also present initial demonstration of GaN-based 3-9 GHz wide bandwidth amplifiers with 9-12 dB linear gain and 3.2 W output power.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium compounds; microwave field effect transistors; microwave power amplifiers; microwave power transistors; power HEMT; wide band gap semiconductors; wideband amplifiers; 3 to 9 GHz; 3.2 W; 7.6 W; 9 to 12 dB; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/; GaN; GaN HEMT; microwave power amplification; sapphire substrate; wideband amplifier; Bonding; Broadband amplifiers; Energy management; Gallium nitride; HEMTs; MODFETs; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Thermal conductivity; Thermal management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Device Research Conference Digest, 1999 57th Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5170-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DRC.1999.806320
  • Filename
    806320