• DocumentCode
    3554453
  • Title

    Power GaAs FETs

  • Author

    Wisseman, William R.

  • Author_Institution
    Texas Instruments Incoporated, Dallas, Texas
  • Volume
    23
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    1977
  • Firstpage
    326
  • Lastpage
    329
  • Abstract
    This paper reviews progress in the development of GaAs FETs for microwave power applications. At Texas Instruments over 5W cw output power has been achieved from a single device at 9 GHz and over 1W at 16 GHz. (1-3) Fujitsu (4) and Bell Laboratories (5) have obtained 10W at 4 GHz. Power added efficiencies of over 30% were achieved at these power levels. Power FET structures that are being developed at Texas Instruments and other laboratories are described and compared. The most recently reported microwave performance results are given, and the possibilities for achieving higher power levels considered.
  • Keywords
    Copper; FETs; Fingers; Gallium arsenide; Heat sinks; Instruments; Laboratories; Lithography; Metallization; Microwave devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1977 International
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.1977.189245
  • Filename
    1479325