Millimeter-wave broadband amplifier using MHEMT

Hyun Baek Yong, Jin Lee Sang, Jong Baek Tae, Hun Oh Jung, Gyu Choi Seok, Sun Kang Dong, Dong Kim Sam, Koo Rhee Jin

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

In this paper, millimeter-wave broadband cascode amplifiers were designed and fabricated. The 0.1 μm InGaAs/InAlAs/GaAs MHEMT (Metamorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor) was fabricated for the cascode amplifier. The DC characteristics of MHEMT are 670 mA/mm of drain current density, 688 mS/mm of maximum transconductance. The current gain cut-off frequency (fT) is 139 GHz and the maximum oscillation frequency (fmax) is 266 GHz. To prevent oscillation of the designed cascode amplifiers, a parallel resistor and capacitor were connected to the drain of common gate device. By using the CPW (coplanar wave guide) transmission line, the cascode amplifier was designed and matched for the broadband characteristics. The designed amplifier was fabricated by the standard MHEMT MMIC (millimeter-wave monolithic IC) process that was developed through this research. As the results of measurement, the amplifier was obtained 3dB bandwidth of 50.37 GHz from 20.76 to 71.13 GHz. Also, the amplifier represents the S21 gain with the average 7.07 dB in bandwidth and the maximum gain of 10.3 dB at 30 GHz.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2008 Global Symposium on Millimeter Waves, Proceeding, GSMM 2008
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event2008 Global Symposium on Millimeter Waves, GSMM 2008 - Nanjing, China
Duration: 21 Apr 200824 Apr 2008

Publication series

Name2008 Global Symposium on Millimeter Waves, Proceeding, GSMM 2008

Conference

Conference2008 Global Symposium on Millimeter Waves, GSMM 2008
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing
Period21/04/0824/04/08

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Millimeter-wave broadband amplifier using MHEMT'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this