A Full Ka-Band GaN-on-Si Low-Noise Amplifier

Dristy Parveg; Mikko Varonen; Mikko Kantanen

doi:10.23919/EuMC48046.2021.9337964

A Full Ka-Band GaN-on-Si Low-Noise Amplifier

Dristy Parveg, Mikko Varonen, Mikko Kantanen

BA6204 Antennas and RF technologies

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Abstract

In this paper we present the design of a full Ka-band low-noise amplifier implemented in a 100-nm GaN HEMT on a high-resistivity silicon substrate technology. The amplifier achieves a noise figure of an average of 1.9 dB and a gain better than 23 dB for the whole Ka-band. Measured 1-dB output compression point was 22 dBm at 38.5 GHz.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 50th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2020
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	1015-1018
ISBN (Electronic)	978-2-87487-059-0
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-7039-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/EuMC48046.2021.9337964
Publication status	Published - Jan 2021
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	50th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2020 - Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 12 Jan 2021 → 14 Jan 2021

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Conference	50th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2020
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Utrecht
Period	12/01/21 → 14/01/21

Keywords

gallium nitride
HEMTs
linearity
low-noise amplifiers
MMICs

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