R. Leblanc, Noelia Santos Ibeas, A. Gasmi, F. Auvray, J. Poulain, F. Lecourt, Gulnar Dagher, P. Frijlink
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Abstract
This paper presents the measured results of two circuits fabricated with a millimeter wave 100 nm Gallium Nitride on Silicon (GaN/Si) process. The first circuit is a 27-34 GHz power amplifier, presenting 6 W of output power in pulsed operation and 5.6 W in CW operation. The second circuit, using exactly the same process, is a 8-12 GHz Low Noise Amplifier presenting 1.3 dB noise figure from 11 to 13 GHz.