{"title":"Monolithic millimeter-wave distributed amplifiers using AlGaN/GaN HEMTs","authors":"R. Santhakumar, Yi Pei, U. Mishra, R. York","doi":"10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4633019","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Two monolithic broadband distributed amplifiers have been designed and fabricated using AlGaN/GaN HEMTs. One of them uses a standard HEMT for the unit cell and shows a measured S21 of 5.2±1dB from 1-50GHz. The second distributed amplifier uses dual-gate HEMTs for the unit cell and achieves a measured S21 of 12±1dB from 2-32GHz. The process consists of 200nm gate-length HEMTs, CPW transmission lines, MIM capacitors and thin-film resistors. The dual-gate distributed amplifier achieves a CW peak output power of 1W and a PAE of about 16% at 4GHz.","PeriodicalId":273767,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"19","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2008 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4633019","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Two monolithic broadband distributed amplifiers have been designed and fabricated using AlGaN/GaN HEMTs. One of them uses a standard HEMT for the unit cell and shows a measured S21 of 5.2±1dB from 1-50GHz. The second distributed amplifier uses dual-gate HEMTs for the unit cell and achieves a measured S21 of 12±1dB from 2-32GHz. The process consists of 200nm gate-length HEMTs, CPW transmission lines, MIM capacitors and thin-film resistors. The dual-gate distributed amplifier achieves a CW peak output power of 1W and a PAE of about 16% at 4GHz.