110-120-GHZ MONOLITHIC LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIERS

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WANG, H [1 ]
TON, TN [1 ]
TAN, KL [1 ]
GARSKE, DC [1 ]
DOW, GS [1 ]
BERENZ, J [1 ]
POSPIESZALSKI, MW [1 ]
PAN, SK [1 ]
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[1] NATL RADIO ASTRON OBSERV,CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA 22903
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10.1109/4.237511
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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This paper presents the development of 110-120-GHz monolithic low-noise amplifiers (LNA's) using 0.1-mum pseudomorphic AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs low-noise HEMT technology. Two 2-stage LNA's have been designed, fabricated, and tested. The first amplifier demonstrates a gain of 12 dB at 112 to 115 GHz with a noise figure of 6.3 dB when biased for high gain, and a noise figure of 5.5 dB is achieved with an associated gain of 10 dB at 113 GHz when biased for low-noise figure. The other amplifier has a measured small-signal gain of 19.6 dB at 110 GHz with a noise figure of 3.9 dB. A noise figure of 3.4 dB with 15.6-dB associated gain was obtained at 113 GHz. The small-signal gain and noise figure performance for the second LNA are the best results ever achieved for a two-stage HEMT amplifier at this frequency band. To our knowledge, this is the first report of monolithic amplifiers operating above 100 GHz using three-terminal devices.
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页码:988 / 993
页数:6
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