A broadband amplifier MMIC with 105 to 140 GHz bandwidth

Author

Diebold, Sebastian ; Pahl, Philipp ; Wagner, Steffen ; Massler, Hermann ; Tessmann, A. ; Leuther, A. ; Zwick, T. ; Kallfass, I.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech. und Elektron. (IHE), Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

354

Lastpage

356

Abstract

A compact and broadband high-gain amplifier has been developed and is presented in this paper. It is realized as millimeter-wave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) and makes use of metamorphic high electron mobility transistor (mHEMT) technology. The amplifier employs an advanced power combining approach allowing for broadband designs. At 115 GHz, the MMIC provides a gain of 26dB and at 120 GHz an output power of 10mW. Its 3-dB bandwidth spans from 105 to 140 GHz leading to an absolute and relative bandwidth of 35 GHz and 29%, respectively.

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; field effect MIMIC; millimetre wave amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; bandwidth 35 GHz; broadband amplifier MIMIC; frequency 105 GHz to 140 GHz; gain 26 dB; high gain amplifier; metamorphic high electron mobility transistor; millimeter wave monolithic integrated circuit; power 10 mW; Bandwidth; Frequency measurement; Gain; MMICs; Power generation; Transistors; Transmission line measurements; HEMTs; MMICs; Microwave amplifiers; Millimeter wave devices; Millimeter wave integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2013 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Seoul

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2013.6695144

Filename

6695144