• DocumentCode
    2800731
  • Title

    A 3.0 watt high efficiency C-band power MMIC

  • Author

    Gat, M. ; Day, D.S. ; Chan, S. ; Hua, C. ; Basset, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Avantek Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    20-23 Oct. 1991
  • Firstpage
    331
  • Lastpage
    334
  • Abstract
    A two-stage C-band monolithic power amplifier is reported. The MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) incorporates full interstage matching network and partial input matching network on the chip. The amplifier delivers +35.2 dBm of power at 2 dB gain compression, 19 dB of gain, and more than 35% power added efficiency (PAE) between 5 and 6 GHz, with a CW signal applied.<>
  • Keywords
    MMIC; field effect integrated circuits; impedance matching; microwave amplifiers; power amplifiers; power integrated circuits; 19 dB; 3 W; 35 percent; 5 to 6 GHz; C-band; SHF; high efficiency; interstage matching network; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; monolithic power amplifier; partial input matching; power MMIC; power added efficiency; two-stage; Bonding; FETs; Fingers; Frequency; Gain; High power amplifiers; Impedance matching; MMICs; Microwave amplifiers; Network-on-a-chip;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit (GaAs IC) Symposium, 1991. Technical Digest 1991., 13th Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0196-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GAAS.1991.172706
  • Filename
    172706