• DocumentCode
    2898723
  • Title

    Development of millimeter-wave CMOS power amplifiers at National Taiwan University

  • Author

    Kun-You Lin ; Tian-Wei Huang ; Huei Wang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-7 Nov. 2012
  • Firstpage
    258
  • Lastpage
    261
  • Abstract
    This paper summarizes the developments of millimeter-wave (mmW) CMOS power amplifiers (PAs) at National Taiwan University in recent years. By adopting the power combining techniques such as direct shunt combining, 3-dB coupler combining and transformer combining, several CMOS PAs have successfully developed with good output power from K-band to D-band. Besides, the modified pre-distortion linearizer is used to improve the power performance and power added efficiency (PAE) for a V-band CMOS PA effectively.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; millimetre wave amplifiers; power amplifiers; power combiners; 3-dB coupler combining; D-band; K-band; PAE; V-band CMOS PA; direct shunt combining; millimeter-wave CMOS power amplifier; power added efficiency; power combining technique; predistortion linearizer; transformer combining; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Couplers; Gain; K-band; Power amplifiers; Power generation; CMOS; millimeter-wave (mmW); power amplifier (PA);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    SoC Design Conference (ISOCC), 2012 International
  • Conference_Location
    Jeju Island
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2989-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2988-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISOCC.2012.6407089
  • Filename
    6407089