Terahertz power amplifier integrated with on-chip antenna using GaN TMIC technology
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1.School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;2.Hebei Semiconductor Research Institute, Shijiazhuang 050051,China

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O43

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 61527805Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (61527805).

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    This paper presents a transmitter-type TMIC integrated with a rectangular microstrip patch antenna and a power amplifier. The TMIC was fabricated with GaN HEMT technology for high power density and efficient integration. The on-chip antenna was designed as a power radiator and a frequency-dependent output load tuner of the power amplifier. Load-pull technique was used to realize a good impedance match between the amplifier and the antenna. Over a bandwidth of 100~110 GHz, the power amplifier can deliver an average output of 25.2 dBm with a power-added efficiency (PAE) of 5.83%. Good radiation characteristics of the TMIC have been achieved, showing a 10-dB bandwidth of 1.5 GHz and an estimated equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of 25.5 dBm at 109 GHz.

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WANG Xu-Dong, LV Xin, GUO Da-Lu, LI Ming-Xun, CHENG Gong, LIU Jia-Shan, YU Wei-Hua. Terahertz power amplifier integrated with on-chip antenna using GaN TMIC technology[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves,2019,38(6):683~689

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  • Received:June 05,2019
  • Revised:November 24,2019
  • Adopted:August 14,2019
  • Online: December 06,2019
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