A 17.5-dBm D-band power amplifier and doubler chain in SiGe BiCMOS technology

Author(s):  
Roee Ben Yishay ◽  
Danny Elad
Author(s):  
Roee Ben Yishay ◽  
Roi Carmon ◽  
Oded Katz ◽  
Benny Sheinman ◽  
Danny Elad

Author(s):  
Abdul Ali ◽  
Paolo Colantonio ◽  
Franco Giannini ◽  
Dietmar Kissinger ◽  
Herman Jalli Ng ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 403-408 ◽  
pp. 2481-2484
Author(s):  
Kang Li ◽  
Guo Dong Huang ◽  
Xiao Feng Yang ◽  
Qian Feng ◽  
Chao Xian Zhu ◽  
...  

A fully integrated S-band high efficiency power amplifier using the TSMC 0.35 um SiGe BiCMOS technology is presented. The two-stage power amplifier has been optimized for the whole S-band covering 2 GHz to 4 GHz frequency band for higher 1-dB compression point and efficiency. The input and output matching networks are designed on chip. From the simulate result, the two-stage power amplifier achieves high PAE of 28% and saturation output power of 23.3 dBm at 3 GHz, with the small signal gain of 18.7 dB. Besides, this PA realizes the PAE within the band of 2.4GHz to 4GHz exceed 25%, and the highest PAE of 30.6% at 3.4 GHz.


Author(s):  
Qingfeng Zhang ◽  
Chenxi Zhao ◽  
Wen Feng ◽  
Yiming Yu ◽  
Huihua Liu ◽  
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Author(s):  
Raju Ahamed ◽  
Mikko Varonen ◽  
Dristy Parveg ◽  
Md Najmussadat ◽  
Mikko Kantanen ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1231-1239
Author(s):  
Faisal Ahmed ◽  
Muhammad Furqan ◽  
Klaus Aufinger ◽  
Andreas Stelzer

This paper presents the design and measurement results of a high-gain D-band broadband power amplifier (PA) implemented in a 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS technology. The topology of the PA is based on four differential cascode stages with interstage matching networks. A detailed analysis of the frequency behavior of the transimpedance-gain of the common-base stage of the cascode is presented by means of small-signal equivalent circuits, when the proposed four-reactance wideband matching network is used for output matching to the subsequent stage. The effect of the size of the active devices, in achieving a desired gain, bandwidth, and output power, is investigated. The fabricated D-band amplifier is characterized on-wafer demonstrating a peak differential gain and output power of about 25 dB and 11 dBm, respectively, while utilizing a DC power of 262 mW from a 2.7 V supply. The 3-dB small-signal bandwidth of the PA spans from 100 to 180 GHz (limited by the measurement setup), making it the first SiGe-based PA to cover the entire D-band frequency range. The PA achieves a state-of-the-art differential gain-bandwidth product of around 1.4 THz and the highest GBW/PDCratio of 5.2 GHz/mW among all D-Band Si-based PAs.


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