A 15-watt Ka-band power amplifier in 0.15 μm gallium nitride process

Sudipta Chakraborty; Leigh E. Milner; Simon J. Mahon; Benny Wu; Michael C. Heimlich

doi:10.1109/AMS57822.2023.10062326

A 15-watt Ka-band power amplifier in 0.15 μm gallium nitride process

Sudipta Chakraborty^*, Leigh E. Milner, Simon J. Mahon, Benny Wu, Michael C. Heimlich

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Abstract

A two-stage, balanced Ka-band power amplifier MMIC implemented in a gallium nitride process is presented. The MMIC was fabricated using a commercial 0.15 μm GaN process with a ft of 35 GHz. The maximum measured output power is 15.5 W and the maximum measured PAE is 21.6%. The output power density of 1.53 W/mm², achieved at a frequency 80% of the process ft, compares favorably with the recent GaN PAs on a 100 μm thick SiC substrate at Ka-band.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 5th Australian Microwave Symposium (AMS)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	37-38
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350399363
ISBN (Print)	9798350399370
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AMS57822.2023.10062326
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	5th Australian Microwave Symposium, AMS 2023 - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 16 Feb 2023 → 17 Feb 2023

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Conference	5th Australian Microwave Symposium, AMS 2023
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	16/02/23 → 17/02/23

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Power amplifier
Gallium nitride
Ka-band
MMIC

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Chakraborty, S, Milner, LE, Mahon, SJ, Wu, B & Heimlich, MC 2023, A 15-watt Ka-band power amplifier in 0.15 μm gallium nitride process. in 2023 5th Australian Microwave Symposium (AMS). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 37-38, 5th Australian Microwave Symposium, AMS 2023, Melbourne, Australia, 16/02/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/AMS57822.2023.10062326

A 15-watt Ka-band power amplifier in 0.15 μm gallium nitride process. / Chakraborty, Sudipta; Milner, Leigh E.; Mahon, Simon J. et al.
2023 5th Australian Microwave Symposium (AMS). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023. p. 37-38.

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