{"title":"5W GaN MMIC for Millimeter-Wave Applications","authors":"K. Boutros, W. Luo, Y. Ma, G. Nagy, J. Hacker","doi":"10.1109/CSICS.2006.319922","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Power amplifier MMICs were designed and fabricated using micro-strip topology on 3-mil thinned semi-insulating SiC substrates with through vias. A two-stage 50-ohm matched Ka-band MMIC with an output-stage composed of a 1.2-mm-wide device operated with Psat of 5 Watts at 26.5 GHz, corresponding to a power density of 3.1 W/mm, with an associated gain of 9dB and a PAE of 20%. The MMIC produced 13 plusmn1dB of linear gain from 25GHz to 30GHz with an associated P3dB of > 3 watts across the band. These results are the best combination of output power and power density reported from a Ka-band GaN MMIC to date","PeriodicalId":338151,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2006-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"23","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2006 IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSICS.2006.319922","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Power amplifier MMICs were designed and fabricated using micro-strip topology on 3-mil thinned semi-insulating SiC substrates with through vias. A two-stage 50-ohm matched Ka-band MMIC with an output-stage composed of a 1.2-mm-wide device operated with Psat of 5 Watts at 26.5 GHz, corresponding to a power density of 3.1 W/mm, with an associated gain of 9dB and a PAE of 20%. The MMIC produced 13 plusmn1dB of linear gain from 25GHz to 30GHz with an associated P3dB of > 3 watts across the band. These results are the best combination of output power and power density reported from a Ka-band GaN MMIC to date