A 10-mW Submillimeter-Wave Solid-State Power-Amplifier Module

被引:62
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作者
Radisic, Vesna [1 ]
Deal, William R. [1 ]
Leong, Kevin M. K. H. [1 ]
Mei, X. B. [1 ]
Yoshida, Wayne [1 ]
Liu, Po-Hsin [1 ]
Uyeda, Jansen [1 ]
Fung, Andy [2 ]
Samoska, Lorene [2 ]
Gaier, Todd [2 ]
Lai, Richard [1 ]
机构
[1] Northrop Grumman Corp, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 USA
[2] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
关键词
Coplanar waveguide (CPW); HEMT; millimeter wave; monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); module; power amplifier;
D O I
10.1109/TMTT.2010.2050105
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this paper, we demonstrate a packaged sub-millimeter wave solid-state power amplifier (SSPA). The SSPA is implemented in coplanar waveguide (CPW) and uses an advanced high f(MAX) InP HEMT transistor with a sub 50-nm gate. A monolithically integrated CPW dipole-to-waveguide transition eliminates the need for wirebonding and additional substrates. On-chip compact tandem couplers are used for power combining. The amplifier demonstrates 15-dB small-signal gain at 340 GHz. Peak saturated output power of 10 mW at 338 GHz is obtained at the waveguide flange output for the SSPA module.
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页码:1903 / 1909
页数:7
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