A 20 mW, 150 GHz InP HEMT MMIC power amplifier module

Abstract

This paper describes a power amplifier (PA) module containing an InP high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) monolithic millimeter-wave integrated circuit (MMIC) amplifier chip, designed, and packaged at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and fabricated at HRL Laboratories. The module features 20 mW of output power at 150 GHz, with more than 10 mW available in the 148-160 GHz frequency range.