W-band and D-band low noise amplifiers using 0.1 micron pseudomorphic InAlAs/InGaAs/InP HEMTs

P.D. Chow, K. H. Tan, D.C. Streit, D. Garske, P. Liu, R. Lai

2003 · 35 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

Reports the W-band and D-band performance of 0.1- mu m T-gate pseudomorphic In/sub 0.53/Al/sub 0.47/As/In/sub 0.60/GaAs high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). The device achieved 1.3-dB noise figure and 8.2-dB associated gain when biased and tuned for a minimum noise figure at 95 GHz. It achieved 7.3-dB gain when biased and tuned for gain at 141.5 GHz. The two-stage hybrid low-noise amplifier (LNA) fabricated with these devices demonstrated a minimum noise figure of 2.6 dB and 14.2 dB associated gain at a waveguide interface at 92 GHz.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

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