14W X波段AlGaN/GaN HEMT功率MMIC

报道了研制的SiC衬底AIGaN/GaN HEMT微带结构微波功率MMIC,芯片工艺采用凹槽栅场板结构提高AlGaN/GaNHEMTs的微波功率特性.S参数测试结果表明AlGaN/GaN HEMTs的频率特性随器件的工作电压变化显著.研制的该2级功率MMIC在9～11GHz带内30V工作,输出功率大于10W,功率增益大于12dB,带内峰值输出功率达到14.7W,功率增益为13.7dB,功率附加效率为23%,该芯片尺寸仅为2.0mm×1.1mm.与已发表的X波段AlGaN/GaN HEMT功率MMIC研制结果相比,本项工作在单位毫米栅宽输出功率和芯片单位面积输出功率方面具有优势.     

E波段3.5 W GaN宽带高功率放大器MMIC

基于自主开发的100 nm GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)工艺,研制了一款工作频段覆盖E波段(60～90 GHz)的宽带高功率放大器芯片.放大器采用密集通孔结构的共源极晶体管,降低寄生效应,提高器件的高频增益.同时采用三级级联拓扑结构,结合紧凑的微带线宽带匹配电路,在60～92 GHz频率范围内,典型线性增益达到...     

功率为16.9 dBm增益大于20 dB的InP DHBT W波段功率放大器

A two-stage MMIC power amplifier has been realized by use of a l-μm InP double heterojunction bipolar transistor(DHBT).The cascode structure,low-loss matching networks,and low-parasite cell units enhance the power gain.The optimum load impedance is determined from load-pull simulation.A coplanar waveguide transmission line is adopted for its ease of fabrication.The chip size is 1.5×1.7 mm~2 with the emitter area of 16×1μm×15μm in the output stage.Measurements show that small signal gain is more than 20 dB over 75.5-84.5 GHz and the saturated power is 16.9 dBm @ 79 GHz with gain of 15.2 dB.The high power gain makes it very suitable for medium power amplification.     

14W X波段AlGaN/GaN HEMT功率MMIC

报道了研制的SiC衬底AIGaN/GaN HEMT微带结构微波功率MMIC,芯片工艺采用凹槽栅场板结构提高AlGaN/GaNHEMTs的微波功率特性.S参数测试结果表明AlGaN/GaN HEMTs的频率特性随器件的工作电压变化显著.研制的该2级功率MMIC在9～11GHz带内30V工作,输出功率大于10W,功率增益大于12dB,带内峰值输出功率达到14.7W,功率增益为13.7dB,功率附加效率为23%,该芯片尺寸仅为2.0mm×1.1mm.与已发表的X波段AlGaN/GaN HEMT功率MMIC研制结果相比,本项工作在单位毫米栅宽输出功率和芯片单位面积输出功率方面具有优势.     

W波段三路合成GaN功率放大器MMIC

基于GaNHEMT工艺,研制了一款W波段功率放大器MMIC.利用Lange耦合器将3个饱和输出功率大于1 W的单元电路进行三路片上功率合成来实现该功率放大器MMIC.该芯片的制作采用了 0.1 μm T型栅GaN HEMT技术,衬底为50 μm厚的SiC.芯片为三级级联拓扑结构,采用高低阻抗传输线、介质电容等进行匹配和偏置电路设计,实现低损耗输出,芯片尺寸为3.37 mm×3.53 mm×0.05 mm.测试结果表明,在漏源工作电压15 V、88～92 GHz频率范围内,该MMIC的线性增益大于15 dB,饱和输出功率大于3W.该MMIC具有功率大、输入输出回波损耗小及应用范围广的优势.     

KU波段GaN MMIC功率放大器的研究

测试验证了谐波的源端阻抗对于器件的性能以及输出特性有很大的影响,所以基波匹配中不能忽视谐波的影响。基于此研制了一款采用0.25μm工艺GaN 功率MMIC 12-17GHz放大器芯片,源端加入了谐波控制的部分。后期通过管壳测试以及后仿真分析功放的性能,提出一些改进芯片的方法。芯片采用二级放大的结构。末级匹配电路采用功率匹配,兼顾功率和效率;级间考虑二次谐波的匹配,进一步提高效率。输入和级间均采用有耗匹配,提高稳定性。芯片在12-17 GHz范围内漏压28V,输出功率35dBm,功率增益14-15dB,最大功率附加效率大于40%。     

Ku波段20W GaN功率MMIC

报道了一款采用三级放大结构的Ku波段高效率GaN功率放大器芯片。放大器设计中通过电路布局优化改善功放芯片内部相位一致性,提高末级晶胞的合成效率,最终实现整个放大器功率及效率的提升。经匹配优化后放大器在14.6~17.0GHz频带内脉冲输出功率大于20 W,功率附加效率大于36%,最高39%。功率放大器芯片采用0.25μm GaN HEMT 101.6mm(4英寸)圆片工艺制造,芯片尺寸为2.3mm×1.9mm。     

V波段3 W GaN功率放大器MMIC

以50 μm厚的SiC为衬底,基于T型栅GaN HEMT工艺技术,设计并制作了一款V波段GaN功率放大器单片微波集成电路(MMIC).该功率放大器MMIC电路采用三级放大拓扑结构进行设计;采用高低阻抗微带传输线进行阻抗匹配和片上功率合成;采用介质电容和薄膜电阻进行偏置网络设计,实现稳定工作和低损耗输出.经测试,在55～65 GHz频带内,漏极工作电压+20V、栅极工作电压-2.3 V的偏置条件下,在占空比20％、脉宽100 μs脉冲状态时,该功率放大器MMIC的饱和输出功率达到3 W以上,功率附加效率达到22％;连续波状态时,其饱和输出功率达到2.5 W以上,60 GHz时最高功率达到3 W.     

X-波段AlGaN/GaN HEMT功率MMIC

<正>AlGaN/GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)以其高输出功率密度、高电压工作和易于宽带匹配等优势将成为下一代高频固态微波功率器件。微波功率器件主要有内匹配功率管和功率单片微波集成电路(MMIC)两种结构形式,功率MMIC尽管其研制成本相对较高,但功率MMIC可实现宽带匹配,同时功率MMIC的体积较内匹配功率管小得多,是满足诸如X     

一种新研制的W频段固态GaN功率放大器毫米波源

介绍了一种新研制的W频段固态GaN功率放大器毫米波源,给出了系统组成与工作原理,提供了其主要部件W频段固态Gunn驱动源、W频段波导-微带转换器、主放大器芯片基本性能及实验测试结果。该固态毫米波源工作频率94 GHz,输出连续波功率大于300 mW,线性增益10 dB,附加效率(PAE)大于16%。在W频段固态毫米波源研制过程中,其单片微波集成电路(MMIC)功率放大器半导体材料选择经历了GaAs、InP到GaN演变,结果清楚表明, W频段毫米波源的GaN MMlC功率放大器输出功率、增益、效率、高温性能要优于其他固态MMIC功率放大器性能。 W频段大功率固态GaN MMlC技术将在毫米波领域带来新的技术革命和应用。     

基于GaN工艺的3.3～3.6 GHz Doherty功率放大器MMIC设计北大核心

基于GaN工艺设计了一款饱和输出功率为44 dBm、功率回退为9 dB的非对称Doherty功率放大器。为了提高增益，在Doherty功率放大器前方增加驱动级。通过对主放大器的输出匹配电路进行阻抗匹配优化设计，去掉λ/4阻抗变换线；辅助功放输出阻抗采用RC网络等效代替，控制输出匹配电路相位为0°,确保关断时为高阻状态；合路点的最佳阻抗直接选取50Ω,从而去掉λ/4阻抗变换线。芯片仿真结果表明，在3.3～3.6 GHz时，Doherty功率放大器的饱和输出功率达到44 dBm以上，功率增益达到25 dB以上，功率附加效率(PAE)达到50%以上；功率回退为9 dB时，PAE达到34.7%以上。Doherty功率放大器的版图尺寸为3.4 mm*3.3 mm,驱动级功率放大器的版图尺寸为1.5 mm*1.7 mm。     

具有平坦增益的X波段GaN单片功率放大器

A flat gain two-stage MMIC power amplifier with a 2.8 GHz bandwidth is successfully developed for X band frequency application based on a fully integrated micro-strip Al Ga N/Ga N HEMT technology on a semiinsulating Si C substrate. Designed with a binary-cluster matching structure integrated with RC networks and LRC networks, the developed power MMIC gets a very flat small signal gain of 15 d B with a gain ripple of 0.35 d B over 9.1–11.9 GHz at the drain bias of 20 V. These RC networks are very easy to improve the stability of used Ga N HEMTs with tolerance to the MMIC technology. Inside the frequency range of 9–11.2 GHz where the measurement system calibrated, the amplifier delivers a pulsed output power of 39 d Bm and an associated power added efficiency of about 20% at 28 V without saturation, as the available RF power is limited.     

90GHz输出功率为1.1W的W波段GaN单片研制

<正>南京电子器件研究所成功制备了一种W波段的GaN三级放大电路。采用电子束直写工艺制备了栅长为100 nm的AlGaN/GaN T型栅,其结构见图1。直流测试最大电流密度为1.3 A/mm,最大跨导为430 mS/mm;小信号测试外推其f_T和f_(max)分别为90 GHz及210 GHz(如图2所示)。采用该工艺制备的三级放大电路在75-110 GHz进行测试,其最大小信号增益为21 dB(如图3所示)。该单片在90GHz处的最大输出功率可达1.117 W(如图4所示),功率附加效率为13%,功率增益为11dB,功率     

A high power active circulator using GaN MMIC power amplifiers

This paper presents a 2.4 GHz hybrid integrated active circulator consisting of three power amplifiers and three PCB-based Wilkinson power dividers.The power amplifiers were designed and fabricated in a standard0.35- m Al Ga N/Ga N HEMT technology,and combined with three traditional power dividers on FR4 using bonding wires.Due to the isolation of power dividers,the isolation between three ports is achieved; meanwhile,due to the unidirectional characteristics of the power amplifiers,the nonreciprocal transfer characteristic of the circulator is realized.The measured insertion gain of the proposed active circulator is about 2–2.7 d B at the center frequency of 2.4 GHz,the isolation between three ports is better than 20 d B over 1.2–3.4 GHz,and the output power of the designed active circulator achieves up to 20.1–21.2 d Bm at the center frequency.     

S波段35W GaN功率MMIC

报道了一款采用两级拓扑结构的2～4 GHz宽带高功率单片微波功率放大器芯片.放大器采用了微带结构,并使用电抗匹配进行设计,重点在于宽带功率效率平坦化设计.经匹配优化后放大器在2～4 GHz整个频带内脉冲输出功率大于35 W,小信号增益达到22 dB,在2.4 GHz频点处峰值输出功率达到40 W,对应的功率附加效率为3...     

6-18 GHz高效率功率MMIC设计与测试

A three-stage monolithic microwave integrated circuit （MMIC） power amplifier from 6-18 GHz, which achieves high output power with excellent efficiency, is designed, fabricated and tested. Measured results show that the saturated output power and the small signal gain are about 32 dBm and 23 dB, respectively. Thus, the power added efficiency of about 28% indicates that it is useful in various communication systems.     

X波段GaN单片电路低噪声放大器

采用0.25μm GaN HEMT制备工艺在AlGaN/GaN异质结材料上研制了高性能X波段GaN单片电路低噪声放大器.GaN低噪声单片电路采取两级微带线结构,10V偏压下芯片在X波段范围内获得了低于2.2 dB的噪声系数,增益达到18 dB以上,耐受功率达到了27 dBm.在耐受功率测试中发现GaN低噪声HEMT器件...     

6‐GHz‐to‐18‐GHz AlGaN/GaN Cascaded Nonuniform Distributed Power Amplifier MMIC Using Load Modulation of Increased Series Gate Capacitance

A 6‐GHz‐to‐18‐GHz monolithic nonuniform distributed power amplifier has been designed using the load modulation of increased series gate capacitance. This amplifier was implemented using a 0.25‐μm AlGaN/GaN HEMT process on a SiC substrate. With the proposed load modulation, we enhanced the amplifier's simulated performance by 4.8 dB in output power, and by 13.1% in power‐added efficiency (PAE) at the upper limit of the bandwidth, compared with an amplifier with uniform gate coupling capacitors. Under the pulse‐mode condition of a 100‐μs pulse period and a 10% duty cycle, the fabricated power amplifier showed a saturated output power of 39.5 dBm (9 W) to 40.4 dBm (11 W) with an associated PAE of 17% to 22%, and input/output return losses of more than 10 dB within 6 GHz to 18 GHz.     

Ka波段22dBm氮化镓单片集成放大器

设计了CPW式Ka波段氮化镓单片集成放大器,并基于国内的GaN外延片和工艺完成了芯片的制备。据我们所知,这是国内首次报道的Ka波段氮化镓单片集成放大器。该单级集成放大器使用了一个栅长0.25μm,栅宽275μm的AlGaN/GaN HEMT。在Vds=10V连续波测试条件下,放大器的工作带宽为1.5GHz。其中在26.5GHz的线性增益为6.3dB,最大输出功率22dBm,最大附加效率9.5%。该MMIC所使用的AlGaN/GaN HEMT在Ka波段、Vds=10V条件下的输出功率密度达到1W/mm。