A 125-170 GHz wideband high-power amplifier using 0.5-mu m InP DHBT

作者:Li, Xiao; Zhang, Yong*; Zhang, Tiedi; Lu, Haiyan; Cheng, Wei; Xu, Ruimin
来源:IEICE Electronics Express, 2017, 14(16): 20170684.
DOI:10.1587/elex.14.20170684

摘要

In this paper, a D-band power amplifier (PA) based on 0.5-mu m InP DHBT is presented. Wilkinson combiners with broadband stepped impedance matching are used, and the eight-way PA is designed for wide-band power performance. As input power is fixed at 3 dBm, the PA exhibits a saturated output power of 16.8dBm and 7.9% PAE at 150 GHz with >45-GHz 3-dB power bandwidth from 125 GHz to 170 GHz. Meanwhile the 1-dB gain compression output power is 15.9dBm at 150 GHz. The >45-GHz 3-dB power bandwidth means a great flatness of power gain which is outstanding in reported D-band PAs to our best knowledge.

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