Automated design of a linear microwave monolithic distributed amplifier

Microwave integrated circuit (IC) design tends to become more efficient and less expensive which leads to emerging the circuit topology and layout synthesis software. In the paper we present a technique and an algorithm for microwave distributed amplifier (DA) automated synthesis based on requirements to linear characteristics. The technique feature is the using of active and passive element’s models for a chosen IC process. This allow the technique to generate circuit topology which can be manufactured using a given IC process. The proposed DA automated design technique work was demonstrated with preamplifier stage design for 20–30 GHz buffer amplifier MMIC based on the 0.25um GaAs pHEMT process of Svetlana-Rost foundry in Saint-Petersburg.

A 5G mm-wave compact voltage-controlled oscillator in 0.25 µm pHEMT technology

A 5G mm-wave monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is presented in this paper. It is designed on GaAs substrate and with 0.25 µm-pHEMT technology from UMS foundry and it is based on pHEMT varactors in order to achieve a very small chip size. A 0dBm-output power over the entire tuning range from 27.67 GHz to 28.91 GHz, a phase noise of -96.274 dBc/Hz and -116.24 dBc/Hz at 1 and 10 MHz offset frequency from the carrier respectively are obtained on simulation. A power consumption of 111 mW is obtained for a chip size of 0.268 mm2. According to our knowledge, this circuit occupies the smallest surface area compared to pHEMTs oscillators published in the literature.

РАЗРАБОТКА СВЧ МОНОЛИТНЫХ ИНТЕГРАЛЬНЫХ СХЕМ МИЛЛИМЕТРОВОГО ДИАПАЗОНА НА ОСНОВЕ GAAS ДЛЯ ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ В СОВРЕМЕННЫХ ИНФОРМАЦИОННОКОММУНИКАЦИОННЫХ СИСТЕМАХ НОВОГО ПОКОЛЕНИЯ (5G)

В данной работе представлены результаты разработки СВЧ монолитной интегральной схемы шестиразрядного фазовращателя и усилителя мощности диапазона частот 26-30 ГГц. СКО ошибки по фазе и амплитуде фазовращателя составили 1,2 град. и 0,13 дБ соответственно. Максимальная выходная мощность и КПД по добавленной мощности усилителя в точке сжатия Ку на 1 дБ составили 30 дБм и 20 % соответственно. This paper describes the design, layout, and performance of 6-bit phase shifter and power amplifier monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC), 26-30 GHz band. Phase shifter MMIC has RMS phase error of 1.2 deg. And RMD amplitude error is 0.13 dB. MMIC power amplifier has output power capability of 30 dBm at 1 dB gain compression (P-1dB) and PAE of 20 %.