W-Band Power Amplifier Design

dc.contributor.authorWei, Li
dc.contributor.departmentChalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för mikroteknologi och nanovetenskapsv
dc.contributor.departmentChalmers University of Technology / Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscienceen
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-03T13:20:48Z
dc.date.available2019-07-03T13:20:48Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis thesis presents two W-band power amplifiers (PA) in different processes: one is Teledyne 250 nm indium phosphide (InP) double-hetero-junction bipolar transistor (DHBT) process, and the other is United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS) 0.1 µm gallium arsenide (GaAs) pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (pHEMT) process. Different power combining topologies are investigated in these two designs. The bandwidth of the interstage matching network is improved by a three-section quarter-wave transformer. In the UMS 0.1 um GaAs pHEMT process, a three-stage PA is designed. Four 40 µm gate-width transistors, each with six fingers, are paralleled by a planar spatial power combiner at the output stage to improve the output power of the PA. The maximum gain of the PA is 14 dB. The 1 dB gain compression point (P1dB) is 21.2 dBm with 14.5% peak power added efficiency (PAE). In the Teledyne 250 nm InP DHBT process, a two-stage power amplifier is implemented. Sixteen four-finger transistors of 10 µm emitter-length are paralleled at both input and output stages to improve the P1dB. The gain of the PA is 12 dB. The P1dB is 23.8 dBm with 11.5% peak PAE. The two circuits are designed in Agilent Advanced Design System (ADS) with transistor and capacitor models offered by the foundries. Transmission line networks for impedance matching, power combining and power splitting are simulated in Momentum, a 2.5-D electromagnetic (EM) software.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/193221
dc.language.isoeng
dc.setspec.uppsokPhysicsChemistryMaths
dc.subjectInformations- och kommunikationsteknik
dc.subjectNanovetenskap och nanoteknik
dc.subjectElektroteknik och elektronik
dc.subjectInformation & Communication Technology
dc.subjectNanoscience & Nanotechnology
dc.subjectElectrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
dc.titleW-Band Power Amplifier Design
dc.type.degreeExamensarbete för masterexamensv
dc.type.degreeMaster Thesisen
dc.type.uppsokH
local.programmeWireless, photonics and space engineering (MPWPS), MSc
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