• Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
  • Vol. 34, Issue 6, 668 (2015)
ZHONG Ying-Hui1、*, LI Kai-Kai1, LI Xin-Jian1, and JIN Zhi2
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    DOI: 10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2015.06.006 Cite this Article
    ZHONG Ying-Hui, LI Kai-Kai, LI Xin-Jian, JIN Zhi. A W-band high-gain and low-noise amplifier MMIC using InP-based HEMTs[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2015, 34(6): 668 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In this paper, a single-stage W-band low noise amplifier (LNA) monolithic millimeter-wave integrated circuit (MMIC) has been designed and fabricated using our own InP-based high electron mobility transistor technology. The LNA MMIC is developed in Cascode topology and coplanar waveguide technology, which result in a very compact chip with size of 900 μm × 975 μm and a rather high linear gain over 10 dB from 84 GHz to 100 GHz with the maximum value of 15.2 dB at 95 GHz. To our knowledge, this single-stage LNA MMIC exhibits the highest gain-per-stage and competitive gain-area ratio among reported W-band LNA MMICs. Additionally, the amplifier also demonstrates a relatively low noise figure of 4.3 dB at 87.5 GHz and a fairly high saturated output power of 8.03 dBm at 88.8 GHz at room temperature. The successful fabrication of LNA MMIC is of great significance on building a W-band signal receiver-front-end system.
    ZHONG Ying-Hui, LI Kai-Kai, LI Xin-Jian, JIN Zhi. A W-band high-gain and low-noise amplifier MMIC using InP-based HEMTs[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2015, 34(6): 668
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