Research on watt-level power combining technology at terahertz band based on bonding wire compensation
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1.Key Laboratory of Dynamic Cognitive System of Electromagnetic Spectrum Space, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China;2.Nanjing Electronic Device Institute, Nanjing 210016, China;3.State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

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TN722.75

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Supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(NF2020003),key Laboratory Fund(612502200302)

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    With the application demands of solid-state high power in the terahertz (THz) band, a THz-band watt-level power output is achieved by adopting GaN power amplifier (PA) MMIC and power combining technology. Microstrip-waveguide transition, and the low-loss interconnection based on the gold wire compensation are used to package a PA module composed of two PA MMICs and an E-plane T-junction two-way power splitter/combiner. Maximum output power of 160 mW is achieved. Based on the module and an eight-way E-plane combiner, a sixteen-way power combining amplifier is designed across the frequency range of 180 to 238 GHz. Output power of more than 300 mW is achieved with +10 V drain voltage, and the maximum power is 1.03 W at 189 GHz.

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ZHU Xiang, ZHANG Jun-Jie, CHENG Hai-Feng, GUO Jian, SHI Yong-Rong, WANG Wei-Bo. Research on watt-level power combining technology at terahertz band based on bonding wire compensation[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves,2023,42(6):747~754

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  • Received:November 10,2022
  • Revised:June 07,2023
  • Adopted:February 01,2023
  • Online: June 02,2023
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