A broadband SiGe Power Amplifier for E-band communication applications

Manuel Bejarano Carmona; Tobias Tired

doi:10.1109/APMC.2015.7413435

A broadband SiGe Power Amplifier for E-band communication applications

Manuel Bejarano Carmona, Tobias Tired

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This work presents a broadband SiGe Power Amplifier (PA) for operation between 60-90 GHz covering both 71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz E-Band sub-bands. It consists of a two-stage differential cascode amplifier using an LC-interstage matching network in the interface between the stages. Single-ended to differential conversion is accomplished by the use of two stacked 1-To-1 transformers, achieving a simulated insertion loss of 0.63 dB and 0.45 dB at input and output, respectively. The design has been implemented using Infineon B7HF200 0.18 pm SiGe HBT process with f_p/f_max 200/250 GHz. Measured performance indicates that the PA delivers 12.6 dBm saturated output power (P_sat) with 4.6% peak Power Added Efficiency (PAE) at 84 GHz while providing at least 6 dB of gain covering a frequency range from 62 to 90 GHz. The circuit consumes 102 mA from a 2.8 V power supply and occupies an area of 0.105 mm².

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2015 - Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Volume	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479987658
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APMC.2015.7413435
Publication status	Published - 2016 Feb 18
Event	2015 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) - Nanjing, China Duration: 2015 Dec 6 → 2015 Dec 9

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Conference	2015 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC)
Country/Territory	China
City	Nanjing
Period	2015/12/06 → 2015/12/09

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Bejarano Carmona, M & Tired, T 2016, A broadband SiGe Power Amplifier for E-band communication applications. in 2015 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2015 - Proceedings. vol. 3, 7413435, IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Nanjing, China, 2015/12/06. https://doi.org/10.1109/APMC.2015.7413435

A broadband SiGe Power Amplifier for E-band communication applications. / Bejarano Carmona, Manuel; Tired, Tobias.
2015 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2015 - Proceedings. Vol. 3 IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. 7413435.

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