A 3.5 V, 1.3 W GaAs power multi-chip IC for cellular phones

Author

Maeda, Masahiro ; Nishijima, Masaaki ; Takehara, Hiroyasu ; Adachi, Chinatsu ; Fujimoto, Hiromasa ; Ishikawa, Osamu

Author_Institution

Semicond. Res. Center, Matsushita Electr. Ind. Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan

Volume

29

Issue

10

fYear

1994

fDate

10/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1250

Lastpage

1256

Abstract

A GaAs power multi-chip IC (MCIC) operable at a voltage of 3.5 V designed for cellular phones has been developed. The MCIC is able to deliver an output power of 1.3 W with a power-added efficiency of 60% in a frequency range from 890 to 950 MHz. This consists of two GaAs MESFET´s, three GaAs passive matching chips, and a printed circuit board on which biasing networks are disposed. These are mounted on an aluminum nitride (AlN) package, occupying a half volume of conventional power hybrid IC´s, i.e., only 0.4 cc. In order to improve the low voltage operation characteristics, a GaAs power MESFET operable at a low voltage of 3.5 V with an output power of 32 dBm and a power-added efficiency of 65% is developed, and microstrip lines having high impedance characteristics are incorporated also in order to minimize the conductor loss of matching network. The MCIC would be highly useful to develop compact cellular phones with advanced characteristics

Keywords

Schottky gate field effect transistors; cellular radio; cordless telephone systems; hybrid integrated circuits; microstrip lines; power amplifiers; power integrated circuits; power transistors; radiotelephony; 1.3 W; 3.5 V; 60 to 65 percent; 890 to 950 MHz; AlN; GaAs; cellular phones; conductor loss; high impedance characteristics; low voltage operation characteristics; microstrip lines; output power; passive matching chips; power MESFET; power hybrid ICs; power multi-chip IC; power-added efficiency; Aluminum nitride; Cellular phones; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Hybrid integrated circuits; Low voltage; MESFET circuits; Packaging; Power generation; Printed circuits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4.315211

Filename

315211