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International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD)
Volume 6 Issue 2, January-February 2022 Available Online: www.ijtsrd.com e-ISSN: 2456 – 6470
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Review on 75-305 Ghz Power Amplifier MMIC with 10-14.9 dBm
Pout in a 35-nm InGaAs mHEMT Technology
Padmam Kaimal
Assistant Professor, MGM College of Engineering and Pharamacutical Sciences, Malappuram, Kerala, India
ABSTRACT
The broadband power amplifier monolithic microwave ICs with an
operating frequency of more than 200 GHz is demonstrated. It is
fabricated in a 35-nm gate-length metamorphic high-electron-
mobility transistor. The power amplifier produces a minimum output
power of 10 dBm with an average value of 12.8 dBm at 75 to 305
GHz. A peak output power of 14.9 dBm and power added efficiency
of 6.6% is obtained at 200 GHz.
KEYWORDS: Metamorphic HEMT (mHEMs), Monolithic microwave
integrated circuit (MMIC), power amplifier (PA,) thin-film microstrip
transmission line (TFMSL), unit amplifier
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INTRODUCTION
The research in the sub millimeter-wave frequency
regime around 300 GHz for communication, radar,
and imaging applications has been trending recently.
The MMIC market has grown significantly over the
past thirty years across various sectors. More
technological advancements and requirements in the
consumer electronics, such as the need for high data
rates in mobile communication and to wireless
infrastructure, are expected in the market growth.
Metamorphic HEMT were demonstrated as Low-
noise amplifiers [2] for the detection of weak signals
in radio astronomy, wireless communication, radar or
radiometer systems.
The presented power amplifier (PA) monolithic
microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) that operate
frequencies around 200 GHz and above are based on
InGaAs HEMT technologies. For frequencies of
about 250 GHz, the highest was found to be 17.2–
23.5 dBm for a frequency range from 182 to 265 GHz
[3]. At a frequency of about 300 GHz, the maximum
value of is 10.3 to 13.8 dBm [4] In the following
sections the design of the PA MMIC is discussed and
the performance is measured.
A. Design of PA MMIC
The PA MMIC shown in Fig 1 is fabricated with a
size of 2.25 × 0.75 mm2 without dc and RF pads. The
occupied chip area is 1.5 × 0.5 mm2 without dc and
RF pads [1]. The reference plane of the S-parameter
measurements are indicated by the white solid lines.
The unit amplifiers are highlighted by the white
dashed lines.
The HEMT layers are grown by molecular beam
epitaxy on 100-mm GaAs wafers. The back-end-of-
line process features three interconnect gold layers
each separated by a benzocyclobutene (BCB) layer.
The backside process includes wafer thinning to a
thickness of 50 µm and through-substrate vias[1].
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Fig 1 Photograph of the fabricated PA MMIC
chip [1].
A major part of the circuit is designed with thin-film
microstrip transmission lines (TFMSLs) using the
first metal (MET1) interconnect layer as a ground
plane. The core of the MMIC is a UA, which is based
on an eight-cell distributed amplifier (DA) [7]. Each
cell utilizes an RF cascode with two 2 × 10 µm
HEMTs. The device size is chosen to allow the design
of a DA up to an operating frequency of at least 300
GHz without capacitive division at the unit-cell input
and to provide a maximum gate width for high output
power. The schematic of a unit cell is illustrated in
Fig. 2(a). The TFMSL between the two transistors
and the capacitance at the second gate are chosen to
ensure a stable operation and maximum gain. The
gate bias of the second HEMT (V g2) is supplied via
a 1-k resistor. The first gate is biased via the gate line
of the DA. In order to avoid an asymmetric operation
of the cascode, the values of the series resistors in the
gate-bias paths are equal[1].
The diagram of the UA is shown in Fig. 2. The
amplifier topology is based on a uniform Distributed
amplifier so that there are identical unit cells. The
input and output lines fhas a characteristic impedance
of 62 Ω and a length of 71 and 111 µm, respectively.
Finally, the input lines is terminated with a 25-Ω and
output line is terminated with 60Ω resistors. The
resistors are grounded through large capacitors.
Through the gate-line termination resistor, the first
transistor’s gate bias of the unit cells are given[1].
The drain bias is supplied through an integrated bias
tee at the unit amplifier’s output. It comprises of two
RF-shorted quarter-wave stubs that are optimized for
the upper band. To decrease RF losses, the input and
output lines and the bias tee use the third interconnect
metal layer.
Fig 2 Block diagram of demonstrated PA MMIC
of (a) unit cell of distributed amplifier(b) unit
amplifier(c) whole PA
A schematic of the whole PA MMIC is shown in Fig.
2(c). Two unit amplifiers are combined at output
stage in a balanced configuration. At the input of the
PA, third unit amplifier is used as the driver. The four
port interdigitated structure lange couplers are
optimized at output stage for the upper part of the
band. In the area of the Lange coupler ,the MET1
ground plane is opened. In MET1, the coupler strips
are designed. The dc blocking capacitors of the input
and output lines of the unit amplifier in the output
stage are integrated into the space where the MET1
ground plane is opened to the lange coupler. Three
advantages are offered in such aspect[1]. Firstly, the
transmission lines connecting the inner part of the
Lange coupler are anyway needed and, thus, offer the
possibility to integrate the series capacitors with less
additional losses. Secondly, RF losses can be reduced.
Reducing the occupied chip area and making the PA
more compact will be third advantage. The lange
couplers comprises of two series blocking capacitors.
So, there is no need of dc block at the output of the
driver unit amplifier. A capacitor in an elevated
coplanar waveguide is utilized at input of MMIC.
When the integrated capacitors with the Lange
coupler is used, a wider lower electrode of the
capacitor is only required and that enables a larger
capacitance for the equivalent length[1].
B. RESULTS
With different setups the MMIC was measured on
wafer. For better comparison with the simulated
results, the S-parameters are determined with respect
to reference plane on-wafer that are shown by white
lines in Fig. 1. For the large-signal measurements, the
setups are determined with respect to the probe tips.
The gate voltage of the first UA applies to all
measurements It is controlled to achieve a specific
drain current. The outputs of two unit amplifiers share
similar gate voltages as the first unit amplifier. The
gate of the upper transistors of the RF cascodes are
biased for achieving symmetric drain–source voltages
of both transistors. Table I shows the small- and
large-signal performance measured of the
demonstrated PA MMIC [1].
TABLE I. SUMMARY OF MMIC
MEASUREMENTS
BW
(GHz) (dB) (mW)
Gt
(dB)
PAE
(%) (dBm)
75-305 >17.5* 500 >19 2-6.6 10-14.9
*For a supply voltage of 1.8 V
Using Anritsu VectorStar vector network analyzer up
to 220 GHz and a Keysight PNA-X uses VDI WR3.4
waveguide extenders from 220 to 335 GHz the S-
parameters are measured. Calibration is performed
using multi-line thru-reflect-lines (MTRL), an
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algorithm that uses a dedicated on-wafer standard.
The measured and simulated S-parameters are shown
in Fig. 3 with 1.8 V supply voltage and a 500 mA/mm
drain current[1].
Fig 3 Measured and simulated S parameters of
state-of-art PA MMIC
For the measurement of the large-signal performance
of the PA the frequency ranges were of 75 to 110, 110
to 140, 140 to 215 and 225 to 325 GHz. The first
setup use a Key sight signal generator and frequency
multipliers as a signal source. The second setup
utilizes a Keysight WR10 and an ELVA-1 WR6.5
power sensor. With a motorized waveguide attenuator
the input power is controlled. The latter setups utilize
Keysight PNA-X with VDI WR5.1 and WR3.4
waveguide extenders. The waveguide extenders were
modified to ensure linearity at the specified power
levels[1].
Fig.4. Pout, Gt, and PAE for an input power
sweep from −34 to −9 dBm with 1.8 V supply
voltage at different operating frequencies
Fig 5 Contour plot of measured saturated output
power at 240 GHz as a function of bias the
actual measured bias is shown by black lines.
In Fig4, good performance is obtained for an input
power of nearly −9 dBm with output power between
11.4 and 13.5 dBm[1].The bias dependence of the
saturated output power at 240 GHz is illustrated in
Fig. 5. A maximum output power is attained for a
quiescent current of 500 mA/mm and a supply
voltage between 1.8 and 2V [1].
Fig 6 Comparison of different semiconductor
technologies of broadband PA MMIC operating
at frequency of 200GHz and above
The comparison in Fig 6 shows significant
improvement in this work over wideband PA MMICs
with a band-width of 75–305 GHz and an output
power greater than 10 dBm. 14.9 dBm peak output
power is achieved at 200 GHz. This proves the first
octave-bandwidth PA MMIC having output power of
10 dBm at an operating frequency of 300 GHz[1].
Conclusion
The presented PA MMIC was designed in 35-nm
gate-length InGaAs mHEMT technology.. The power
amplifier produces a minimum output power of 10
dBm with an average value of 12.8 dBm at 75 to 305
GHz. A peak output power of 14.9 dBm and power
added efficiency of 6.6% is obtained at 200 GHz. So,
the presented work is an amazing alternative to
reactively matched PAs for wideband systems at
frequencies of up to 300 GHz and reveal the
advantages of distributed amplifier for banded
applications.
References
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GHz Power Amplifier MMIC With 10–14.9-
dBm Pout in a 35-nm InGaAs mHEMT
Technology”, IEEE Microwave and Wireless
Components Letters ( Volume: 31, Issue: 6,
June 2021)
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265 GHz, 17–24 dBm output power broadband,
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Review on 75 305 Ghz Power Amplifier MMIC with 10 14.9 dBm Pout in a 35 nm InGaAs mHEMT Technology

  • 1. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD) Volume 6 Issue 2, January-February 2022 Available Online: www.ijtsrd.com e-ISSN: 2456 – 6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD49251 | Volume – 6 | Issue – 2 | Jan-Feb 2022 Page 919 Review on 75-305 Ghz Power Amplifier MMIC with 10-14.9 dBm Pout in a 35-nm InGaAs mHEMT Technology Padmam Kaimal Assistant Professor, MGM College of Engineering and Pharamacutical Sciences, Malappuram, Kerala, India ABSTRACT The broadband power amplifier monolithic microwave ICs with an operating frequency of more than 200 GHz is demonstrated. It is fabricated in a 35-nm gate-length metamorphic high-electron- mobility transistor. The power amplifier produces a minimum output power of 10 dBm with an average value of 12.8 dBm at 75 to 305 GHz. A peak output power of 14.9 dBm and power added efficiency of 6.6% is obtained at 200 GHz. KEYWORDS: Metamorphic HEMT (mHEMs), Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC), power amplifier (PA,) thin-film microstrip transmission line (TFMSL), unit amplifier How to cite this paper: Padmam Kaimal "Review on 75-305 Ghz Power Amplifier MMIC with 10-14.9 dBm Pout in a 35-nm InGaAs mHEMT Technology" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-2, February 2022, pp.919-922, URL: www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49251.pdf Copyright © 2022 by author (s) and International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Journal. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) INTRODUCTION The research in the sub millimeter-wave frequency regime around 300 GHz for communication, radar, and imaging applications has been trending recently. The MMIC market has grown significantly over the past thirty years across various sectors. More technological advancements and requirements in the consumer electronics, such as the need for high data rates in mobile communication and to wireless infrastructure, are expected in the market growth. Metamorphic HEMT were demonstrated as Low- noise amplifiers [2] for the detection of weak signals in radio astronomy, wireless communication, radar or radiometer systems. The presented power amplifier (PA) monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) that operate frequencies around 200 GHz and above are based on InGaAs HEMT technologies. For frequencies of about 250 GHz, the highest was found to be 17.2– 23.5 dBm for a frequency range from 182 to 265 GHz [3]. At a frequency of about 300 GHz, the maximum value of is 10.3 to 13.8 dBm [4] In the following sections the design of the PA MMIC is discussed and the performance is measured. A. Design of PA MMIC The PA MMIC shown in Fig 1 is fabricated with a size of 2.25 × 0.75 mm2 without dc and RF pads. The occupied chip area is 1.5 × 0.5 mm2 without dc and RF pads [1]. The reference plane of the S-parameter measurements are indicated by the white solid lines. The unit amplifiers are highlighted by the white dashed lines. The HEMT layers are grown by molecular beam epitaxy on 100-mm GaAs wafers. The back-end-of- line process features three interconnect gold layers each separated by a benzocyclobutene (BCB) layer. The backside process includes wafer thinning to a thickness of 50 µm and through-substrate vias[1]. IJTSRD49251
  • 2. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development @ www.ijtsrd.com eISSN: 2456-6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD49251 | Volume – 6 | Issue – 2 | Jan-Feb 2022 Page 920 Fig 1 Photograph of the fabricated PA MMIC chip [1]. A major part of the circuit is designed with thin-film microstrip transmission lines (TFMSLs) using the first metal (MET1) interconnect layer as a ground plane. The core of the MMIC is a UA, which is based on an eight-cell distributed amplifier (DA) [7]. Each cell utilizes an RF cascode with two 2 × 10 µm HEMTs. The device size is chosen to allow the design of a DA up to an operating frequency of at least 300 GHz without capacitive division at the unit-cell input and to provide a maximum gate width for high output power. The schematic of a unit cell is illustrated in Fig. 2(a). The TFMSL between the two transistors and the capacitance at the second gate are chosen to ensure a stable operation and maximum gain. The gate bias of the second HEMT (V g2) is supplied via a 1-k resistor. The first gate is biased via the gate line of the DA. In order to avoid an asymmetric operation of the cascode, the values of the series resistors in the gate-bias paths are equal[1]. The diagram of the UA is shown in Fig. 2. The amplifier topology is based on a uniform Distributed amplifier so that there are identical unit cells. The input and output lines fhas a characteristic impedance of 62 Ω and a length of 71 and 111 µm, respectively. Finally, the input lines is terminated with a 25-Ω and output line is terminated with 60Ω resistors. The resistors are grounded through large capacitors. Through the gate-line termination resistor, the first transistor’s gate bias of the unit cells are given[1]. The drain bias is supplied through an integrated bias tee at the unit amplifier’s output. It comprises of two RF-shorted quarter-wave stubs that are optimized for the upper band. To decrease RF losses, the input and output lines and the bias tee use the third interconnect metal layer. Fig 2 Block diagram of demonstrated PA MMIC of (a) unit cell of distributed amplifier(b) unit amplifier(c) whole PA A schematic of the whole PA MMIC is shown in Fig. 2(c). Two unit amplifiers are combined at output stage in a balanced configuration. At the input of the PA, third unit amplifier is used as the driver. The four port interdigitated structure lange couplers are optimized at output stage for the upper part of the band. In the area of the Lange coupler ,the MET1 ground plane is opened. In MET1, the coupler strips are designed. The dc blocking capacitors of the input and output lines of the unit amplifier in the output stage are integrated into the space where the MET1 ground plane is opened to the lange coupler. Three advantages are offered in such aspect[1]. Firstly, the transmission lines connecting the inner part of the Lange coupler are anyway needed and, thus, offer the possibility to integrate the series capacitors with less additional losses. Secondly, RF losses can be reduced. Reducing the occupied chip area and making the PA more compact will be third advantage. The lange couplers comprises of two series blocking capacitors. So, there is no need of dc block at the output of the driver unit amplifier. A capacitor in an elevated coplanar waveguide is utilized at input of MMIC. When the integrated capacitors with the Lange coupler is used, a wider lower electrode of the capacitor is only required and that enables a larger capacitance for the equivalent length[1]. B. RESULTS With different setups the MMIC was measured on wafer. For better comparison with the simulated results, the S-parameters are determined with respect to reference plane on-wafer that are shown by white lines in Fig. 1. For the large-signal measurements, the setups are determined with respect to the probe tips. The gate voltage of the first UA applies to all measurements It is controlled to achieve a specific drain current. The outputs of two unit amplifiers share similar gate voltages as the first unit amplifier. The gate of the upper transistors of the RF cascodes are biased for achieving symmetric drain–source voltages of both transistors. Table I shows the small- and large-signal performance measured of the demonstrated PA MMIC [1]. TABLE I. SUMMARY OF MMIC MEASUREMENTS BW (GHz) (dB) (mW) Gt (dB) PAE (%) (dBm) 75-305 >17.5* 500 >19 2-6.6 10-14.9 *For a supply voltage of 1.8 V Using Anritsu VectorStar vector network analyzer up to 220 GHz and a Keysight PNA-X uses VDI WR3.4 waveguide extenders from 220 to 335 GHz the S- parameters are measured. Calibration is performed using multi-line thru-reflect-lines (MTRL), an
  • 3. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development @ www.ijtsrd.com eISSN: 2456-6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD49251 | Volume – 6 | Issue – 2 | Jan-Feb 2022 Page 921 algorithm that uses a dedicated on-wafer standard. The measured and simulated S-parameters are shown in Fig. 3 with 1.8 V supply voltage and a 500 mA/mm drain current[1]. Fig 3 Measured and simulated S parameters of state-of-art PA MMIC For the measurement of the large-signal performance of the PA the frequency ranges were of 75 to 110, 110 to 140, 140 to 215 and 225 to 325 GHz. The first setup use a Key sight signal generator and frequency multipliers as a signal source. The second setup utilizes a Keysight WR10 and an ELVA-1 WR6.5 power sensor. With a motorized waveguide attenuator the input power is controlled. The latter setups utilize Keysight PNA-X with VDI WR5.1 and WR3.4 waveguide extenders. The waveguide extenders were modified to ensure linearity at the specified power levels[1]. Fig.4. Pout, Gt, and PAE for an input power sweep from −34 to −9 dBm with 1.8 V supply voltage at different operating frequencies Fig 5 Contour plot of measured saturated output power at 240 GHz as a function of bias the actual measured bias is shown by black lines. In Fig4, good performance is obtained for an input power of nearly −9 dBm with output power between 11.4 and 13.5 dBm[1].The bias dependence of the saturated output power at 240 GHz is illustrated in Fig. 5. A maximum output power is attained for a quiescent current of 500 mA/mm and a supply voltage between 1.8 and 2V [1]. Fig 6 Comparison of different semiconductor technologies of broadband PA MMIC operating at frequency of 200GHz and above The comparison in Fig 6 shows significant improvement in this work over wideband PA MMICs with a band-width of 75–305 GHz and an output power greater than 10 dBm. 14.9 dBm peak output power is achieved at 200 GHz. This proves the first octave-bandwidth PA MMIC having output power of 10 dBm at an operating frequency of 300 GHz[1]. Conclusion The presented PA MMIC was designed in 35-nm gate-length InGaAs mHEMT technology.. The power amplifier produces a minimum output power of 10 dBm with an average value of 12.8 dBm at 75 to 305 GHz. A peak output power of 14.9 dBm and power added efficiency of 6.6% is obtained at 200 GHz. So, the presented work is an amazing alternative to reactively matched PAs for wideband systems at frequencies of up to 300 GHz and reveal the advantages of distributed amplifier for banded applications. References [1] Fabian Thome and Arnulf Leuther,”A 75–305- GHz Power Amplifier MMIC With 10–14.9- dBm Pout in a 35-nm InGaAs mHEMT Technology”, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters ( Volume: 31, Issue: 6, June 2021) [2] Z. Griffith, M. Urteaga, and P. Rowell, “180– 265 GHz, 17–24 dBm output power broadband, high-gain power amplifiers in InP HBT,” in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microw. Symp. Dig., Jun. 2017, pp. 973–976.
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