Integrated Sub-Millimeter-Wave High-Power Amplifiers in Advanced InGaAs-Channel HEMT Technology

von Laurenz John

160 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Driven by the large absolute bandwidths that are available at the sub-mm-wave frequency range around 300 GHz, wireless high-data-rate communication systems and high-resolution imaging applications are being extensively investigated in recent years. Due to their superior characteristics in terms of noise figure and cutoff frequencies, InGaAs-channel HEMT devices have proven to be a key technology to implement the required active front-end MMICs for these wireless THz systems, enabling ultra-high bandwidths and state-of-the-art noise performance. This work describes the modeling, design, and characterization of 300-GHz HEMT-based power amplifier cells and demonstrates the implementation of highly compact amplifier MMICs and broadband waveguide modules. These amplifiers are key components for the implementation of high-performance chipsets for wireless THz systems, providing high output power for the utilization of next-generation communication and imaging applications. A unique amplifier topology based on multi-finger cascode and common-source devices is developed and evaluated, demonstrating more than 20-mW measured output power at the sub-mm-wave frequency range around 300 GHz.

• Reihe: Science for Systems
• Themen: Technologie, Ingenieurswissenschaft, Landwirtschaft, Industrieprozesse Elektronik, Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Schaltkreise und Komponenten (Bauteile)
• ISBN: 9783839617625
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.12.2021
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Fraunhofer Verlag
• Herausgegeben von: Oliver Ambacher, Fraunhofer IAF, Freiburg