A two-way power-combining amplifier operating from 112-142GHz is presented. Integrated in Infineon's 0.13µm SiGe-BiCMOS technology,it delivers 17dBm of peak saturated power to a 50O load at 13% PAE. Five fully-differential,transformer-coupled amplifier stages per path provide 34dB of forward transmission gain. Each 5-stage PA consists of capacitively gain-enhanced pre-drivers operated from 1.5V,followed by an inductively gain-enhanced cascoded driver powered by 3.3V. BJT models relevant at frequencies beyond 100GHz are evaluated to outline the trade-off between stability and gain exploited in this work. The design and layout of a folded,fully-differential,?/4 power combiner is also presented,along with a full two-port characterization of the power-amplifier prototype.
Visweswaran, A, Vignon, B , Tang, X , Brebels, S, Debaillie, B & Wambacq, P 2019, A 112-142GHz Power Amplifier with Regenerative Reactive Feedback achieving 17dBm peak Psat at 13% PAE . in ESSCIRC 2019 - IEEE 45th European Solid State Circuits Conference. ESSCIRC 2019 - IEEE 45th European Solid State Circuits Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 337-340.
Visweswaran, A., Vignon, B. , Tang, X. , Brebels, S., Debaillie, B. , & Wambacq, P. (2019). A 112-142GHz Power Amplifier with Regenerative Reactive Feedback achieving 17dBm peak Psat at 13% PAE . In ESSCIRC 2019 - IEEE 45th European Solid State Circuits Conference (pp. 337-340). (ESSCIRC 2019 - IEEE 45th European Solid State Circuits Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
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title = " A 112-142GHz Power Amplifier with Regenerative Reactive Feedback achieving 17dBm peak Psat at 13% PAE " ,
abstract = " A two-way power-combining amplifier operating from 112-142GHz is presented. Integrated in Infineon's 0.13µm SiGe-BiCMOS technology,it delivers 17dBm of peak saturated power to a 50O load at 13% PAE. Five fully-differential,transformer-coupled amplifier stages per path provide 34dB of forward transmission gain. Each 5-stage PA consists of capacitively gain-enhanced pre-drivers operated from 1.5V,followed by an inductively gain-enhanced cascoded driver powered by 3.3V. BJT models relevant at frequencies beyond 100GHz are evaluated to outline the trade-off between stability and gain exploited in this work. The design and layout of a folded,fully-differential,?/4 power combiner is also presented,along with a full two-port characterization of the power-amplifier prototype. " ,
author = " Akshay Visweswaran and Bastien Vignon and Xinyan Tang and Steven Brebels and Bjorn Debaillie and Piet Wambacq " ,
year = " 2019 " ,
month = sep,
day = " 23 " ,
doi = " 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2019.8902764 " ,
language = " English " ,
isbn = " 978-1-7281-1551-1 " ,
series = " ESSCIRC 2019 - IEEE 45th European Solid State Circuits Conference " ,
publisher = " Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. " ,
pages = " 337340 " ,
booktitle = " ESSCIRC 2019 - IEEE 45th European Solid State Circuits Conference " ,
address = " United States " ,
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