25 W X-band GaN on Si MMIC

摘要

The first GaN on Si monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) has been demonstrated. The 2-stage X-band high power amplifier has a 2.5 mm input stage and an 11.4 mm output stage and its die size is 3 nun × 4.5 mm. At 10 GHz and 30 V drain bias, this MMIC achieved a pulsed output power of 25 W with 15 dB gain and 21% power-added efficiency. It produced 20 W of output power over the 8 to 10.5 GHz band when biased at 24 V. The GaN on Si MMIC was fabricated on TriQuint's 4 inch GaAs manufacturing line and used an existing GaAs design.