A 220 GHz InP HBT solid-state power amplifier MMIC with 90mW P OUT at 8.2dB compressed gain

Technical Digest - IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, CSIC

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Reed, Thomas B ^a   Rodwell, Mark ^a   Griffith, Zach ^b   Rowell, Petra ^b   Young, Adam ^b   Urteaga, Miguel ^b   Field, Mark ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b ROCKWELL SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Millimeter wave integrated circuits; MMICs; Power amplifier; Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA)

Indexed keywords

CASCODE CELLS; GAIN STAGES; INP-HBT; MILLIMETER-WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MMICS; OUTPUT POWER; POWER AMPLIFER; POWER DEMANDS; RF SOURCES; SMALL-SIGNAL BANDWIDTH; SOLID STATE POWER AMPLIFIER; THIN-FILM MICROSTRIP;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84871108433     PISSN: 15508781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSICS.2012.6340113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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