A High Power 60 GHz Push-Push Oscillator Using Metamorphic HEMT Technology

Metamorphic HEMT를 이 용한 60 GHz 대역 고출력 Push-Push 발진기

  • Lee Jong-Wook (Department of Radio Communication Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
  • 이종욱 (경희대학교 전파통신공학과)
  • Published : 2006.07.01

Abstract

This paper reports a high power 60 GHz push-push oscillator fabricated using $0.12{\mu}m$ metamorphic high electron-mobility transistors(mHEMTs). The devices with a $0.12{\mu}m$ gate-length exhibited good DC and RF characteristics such as a maximum drain current of 700 mA/mm, a peak gm of 660 mS/mm, an $f_T$ of 170 GHz, and an $f_{MAX}$ of more than 300 GHz. By combining two sub-oscillators having $6{\times}50{\mu}m$ periphery mHEMT, the push-push oscillator achieved a 6.3 dBm of output power at 59.5 GHz with more than - 35 dBc fundamental suppression. The phase noise of - 81.5 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset was measured. This is one of the highest output power obtained using mHEMT technology without buffer amplifier, and demonstrates the potential of mHEMT technology for cost effective millimeter-wave commercial applications.

본 논문에서는 $0.12{\mu}m$ 게이트 전극을 가진 metamorphic InAIAs/InGaAs high electron-mobility transistors (mHEMT)를 이용하여 제작된 60 GHz push-push 발진기의 특성을 고찰하였다. 전극 길이가 $0.12{\mu}m$ 인 mHEMT는 700 mA/mm의 최대 전류, 600 mS/mm의 최대 전달정수, 170 GHz $f_T$, 그리고 300 GHz 이상의 $f_{MAX}$ 등 우수한 특성을 나타내었다. 두 개의 $6{\times}50{\mu}m$ 크기를 가지는 mHEMT 를 이용하여 제작된 발진기는 59.5 GHz 에서 6.3 dBm의 출력 전력과 -35 dBc 이상의 기저 주파수 억압도를 나타내었다. 페이즈 노이즈 (phase noise)는 발진 주파수의 1 MHz 오프셋에서 -81.2 dBc/Hz 의 특성을 나타내었다. 본 연구 결과는 60 GHz 대역에서 mHEMT를 이용하여 제작된 push-push 발진기로는 최대 출력을 나타낸 결과이며, 이 연구 결과는 상용화와 저가격에 InP HEMT 보다 유리한 mHEMT를 이용하여 고출력 발진기 특성을 얻을 수 있음을 보여준다.

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