A 1-Watt Ku-band power amplifier in SiGe with 37.5% PAE

Ying Chen; Mark P. van der Heijden; Domine M.W. Leenaerts

doi:10.1109/RFIC.2016.7508317

A 1-Watt Ku-band power amplifier in SiGe with 37.5% PAE

Ying Chen, Mark P. van der Heijden, Domine M.W. Leenaerts

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates a 1-Watt output power amplifier MMIC operating from 13.5GHz to 14.5GHz (Ku-band). The power amplifier employs an on-chip integrated 16-way in-phase output current combiner to achieve the required output power. Implemented in a 0.25-μm SiGe:C BiCMOS technology, the power amplifier achieves a power-added efficiency of 37.5% at 14.1GHz with greater than 35.5% across the band of interest.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	RFIC 2016 - 2016 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	324-325
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4673-8651-7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-8652-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2016.7508317
Publication status	Published - 8 Jul 2016
Event	2016 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC 2016) - Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, United States Duration: 22 May 2016 → 24 May 2016

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Conference	2016 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC 2016)
Abbreviated title	RFIC 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	22/05/16 → 24/05/16

Keywords

Ku-band
PA
PAE
power combine
SiGe

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Chen, Y, van der Heijden, MP & Leenaerts, DMW 2016, A 1-Watt Ku-band power amplifier in SiGe with 37.5% PAE. in RFIC 2016 - 2016 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium., 7508317, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, pp. 324-325, 2016 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC 2016), San Francisco, California, United States, 22/05/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2016.7508317

A 1-Watt Ku-band power amplifier in SiGe with 37.5% PAE. / Chen, Ying; van der Heijden, Mark P.; Leenaerts, Domine M.W.
RFIC 2016 - 2016 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium. Piscataway: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2016. p. 324-325 7508317.

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