MHEMT G-band low-noise amplifiers

Mikko Kärkkäinen; Mikko Kantanen; Sylvain Caujolle-Bert; Mikko Varonen; Rainer Weber; Arnulf Leuther; Matthias Seelmann-Eggebert; Ari Alanne; Petri Jukkala; Tapani Närhi; Kari A.I. Halonen

doi:10.1109/TTHZ.2014.2327383

MHEMT G-band low-noise amplifiers

Mikko Kärkkäinen
, Mikko Kantanen
, Sylvain Caujolle-Bert
, Mikko Varonen
, Rainer Weber
, Arnulf Leuther
, Matthias Seelmann-Eggebert
, Ari Alanne
, Petri Jukkala
, Tapani Närhi
, Kari A.I. Halonen

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Abstract

To improve the performance of G-band equipment for humidity sounding of the atmosphere, a high-gain and low-noise amplifier is needed. Here we describe and report the performance of several low-noise amplifier microchips intended for 183-GHz water vapor profiling application. The chips are manufactured in metamorphic high electron mobility transistor technology having a gate length of 50 nanometers. The measured results show a noise figure of 4-7 dB and 15-22 dB gain from 170 to 200 GHz.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	459-468
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
Volume	4
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TTHZ.2014.2327383
Publication status	Published - 2014
MoE publication type	Not Eligible

Keywords

millimeter wave integrated circuits
low-noise amplifiers
MMIC amplifiers
metamorphic HEMT

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