• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.637-640
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• 1998

A 35 ㎓ GaAs MMIC power amplifier was designed using a monolithic technology with AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs power PM-HEMTs, rectangualr spiral inductors and Si3N4 MIM capacitors. The GaAs power MESFETs in the input and output stages have total gate widths of 120 um and 320 um, respectively. Total S21 gain of 10.82dB and S11 of -16.26 dB were obtained from the designed MMIC power amplifier at 35 ㎓. And the chip size of the MMIC amplifier was 1.4$\times$0.8 $\textrm{mm}^2$

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.28 no.11A
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• pp.902-911
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• 2003

Using InGaP/GaAs HBT power cells with a 2.0${\times}$20$\mu\textrm{m}$$^2$ emitter area of a unit HBT, a two stage MMIC power amplifier has been developed for IMT-2000 handsets. An active-bias circuit has been used for temperature compensation and reduction in the idling current. Fitting on measured S-parameters of the HBT cells, circuit elements of HBT's nonlinear equivalent model have been extracted. The matching circuits have been designed basically with the extracted model. A two stage HBT MMIC power amplifier fabricated using ETRI's HBT process. The power amplifier produces an 1-㏈ compressed output power(P$\_$l-㏈/) of 28.4 ㏈m with 31% power added efficiency(PAE) and 23-㏈ power gain at 1.95 GHz in on-wafer measurement. Also, the power amplifier produces a 26 ㏈m output power, 28% PAE and a 22.3-㏈ power gain with a -40 ㏈c ACPR at a 3.84 ㎒ off-center frequency in COB measurement.quency in COB measurement.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.159-162
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• 1999

In this paper, we have designed and fabricated a MMIC power amplifier for X-band using AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs PM-HEMTs and passive devices such as Ti thin film resistors, rectangular spiral inductors and MIM capacitors. The fabricated MMIC power amplifier for X-band shows that S/ sub 21/ and S$_{11}$ are 14.804 ㏈ and -29.577 at 8.18 GHz, respectively. The chip size is 1.86$\times$1.29 $\textrm{mm}^2$.>.>.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.71-80
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• 2019

Gallium nitride (GaN) can be used in high-voltage, high-power-density/-power, and high-speed devices owing to its characteristics of wide bandgap, high carrier concentration, and high electron mobility/saturation velocity. In this study, we investigate the technology trends for X-/Ku-band GaN RF power devices and MMIC power amplifiers, focusing on gate-length scaling, channel structure, and power density for GaN RF power devices and output power level and output power density for GaN MMIC power amplifiers. Additionally, we review the technology trends in gallium arsenide (GaAs) RF power devices and MMIC power amplifiers and analyze the technology trends in RF power devices and MMIC power amplifiers based on both GaAs and GaN. Furthermore, we discuss the current direction of national research by examining the national and international technology trends with respect to X-/Ku-band power devices and MMIC power amplifiers.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.323-330
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• 2002

In this paper, we have designed and fabricated an BWLL MMIC amplifier using GaAs PHEMT devices. We have optimized power divider/combiner size for small size of MMIC amplifier Using 0.2 ${\mu}$m AIGaAs/lnGaAs/GaAs PHEMT devices, the two stave MMIC amplifier has demonstrated a S$_{21}$ gain of 8.7 ㏈ with input/output return losses of lower than -10 ㏈ at 26.7 GHz. The size of this chip is 4.11 ${\times}$ 2.66 $\textrm{mm}^2$.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.18 no.11
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• pp.2697-2702
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• 2014

In this paper, we demonstrated a Ku-band 2W MMIC power amplifier for satellite communication applications. The device technology used relies on $0.25{\mu}m$ GaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (PHEMT) of Wireless Information Networking (WIN) Semiconductor foundry. The 2W MMIC power amplifier has gain of over 29 dB and saturation output power of over 33.4 dBm in the frequency range of 13.75 ~ 14.5 GHz. Power added efficiency (PAE) is a 29 %. To our knowledge, this is the highest power added efficiency reported for any commercial GaAs-based 2W MMIC power amplifier in the Ku-band.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.177-180
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• 1999

A two-stage monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC) broad-band power amplifier with AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (PHEMT) has been developed for the up-link and down-link applications for local multipoint distribution systems (LMDS) in the frequency range of 24~28㎓. The amplifier has a small signal gain of 18.6㏈ at 24.5㎓ and 16.7㏈ at 27.1㎓. It achieved output powers of 19.8㏈m with PAE of 19.8% at 24.5㎓ and 18.8㏈m at 27.1㎓.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.1093-1097
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• 2020

This work describes the design and characterization of a Ku-band monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifier (PA) for satellite communication applications. The device technology used relies on 0.25 ㎛ gate length gallium arsenide (GaAs) pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (PHEMT) of wireless information networking (WIN) semiconductor foundry. The developed Ku-band PHEMT MMIC power amplifier has a small-signal gain of 22.2~23.1 dB and saturated output power of 34.8~35.4 dBm over the entire band of 13.75 to 14.5 GHz. Maximum saturated output power is a 35.4 dBm (3.47 W) at 13.75 GHz. Its power added efficiency (PAE) is 30.6~37.83% and the chip dimensions are 4.4 mm×1.9 mm. The developed 3 W PHEMT MMIC power amplifier is expected to be applied in a variety of Ku-band satellite communication applications.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.9 no.11
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• pp.1311-1316
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• 2014

To be used in a transmitter of a satellite transponder of this paper, X band 25W power amplifier module, a part constituting of high-power amplifier is transmitted to the equipment for transmitting to geostationary communications satellites(36,000Km distance). PAM consisted a total of four power amplifier module has a high output characteristic of the high-output amplifier is used in the ground station. Used in conjunction with the structured type power amplifier module is composed of Serial Combining Structure. This PAM(Power Amplifier Module) configured by combining the circuit with the power amplifier, 10 MMIC chips and the Al2O3 thin film substrate using a Hybrid Technique of power amplifier module, was implemented at X band PAM(Power Amplifier Module) of 25W grade.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.501-505
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• 2015

In this paper, we demonstrated a 4W power amplifier monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) for Ku-band satellite communication applications. The used device technology relies on $0.25{\mu}m$ GaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (PHEMT) process. The 4W power amplifier MMIC has linear gain of over 30 dB and saturated output power of over 36.1 dBm in the frequency range of 13.75 GHz ~ 14.5 GHz. Power added efficiency (PAE) is over 30 %.