A monolithic voltage controlled oscillator （VCO） based on negative resistance principle is presented uti-lizing commercially available InGaP/GaAs hetero-junction bipolar transistor （HBT） technology. This VCO is de...A monolithic voltage controlled oscillator （VCO） based on negative resistance principle is presented uti-lizing commercially available InGaP/GaAs hetero-junction bipolar transistor （HBT） technology. This VCO is de-signed for 5GHz-band wireless applications. Except for bypass and decoupled capacitors,no external component is needed for real application. Its measured output frequency range is from 4.17 to 4.56GHz,which is very close to the simulation one. And the phase noise at an offset frequency of 1MHz is -112dBc/Hz. The VCO core dissipates 15.5mW from a 3.3V supply,and the output power ranges from 0 to 2dBm. To compare with other oscillators,the figure of merit is calculated,which is about -173.2dBc/Hz. Meanwhile, the principle and design method of nega-tive resistance oscillator are also discussed.展开更多
A 12 Gbit/s limiting amplifier for fiber-optic transmission system is realized in a 2μm GaAs HBT technology. The whole circuit consists of an input buffer, three similar amplifier cells, an output buffer for driving ...A 12 Gbit/s limiting amplifier for fiber-optic transmission system is realized in a 2μm GaAs HBT technology. The whole circuit consists of an input buffer, three similar amplifier cells, an output buffer for driving 50 ft transmission lines and a pair of feedback networks for offset cancellation. At a positive supply voltage of 2 V and a negative supply voltage of - 2V, the power dissipation is about 280 mW. The small-signal gain is higher than 46 dB and the input dynamic range is about 40 dB with a constant single-ended output voltage swing of 400 mV. Satisfactory eye-diagrams are obtained at the bit rate of 12 Gbit/s limited by the test set-up. The chip area is 1.15 mm ×0.7 mm.展开更多
The characteristic impedances of L-type and T-type networks are first investigated for a distributed amplifier design.The analysis shows that the L-type network has better frequency characteristics than the T-type one...The characteristic impedances of L-type and T-type networks are first investigated for a distributed amplifier design.The analysis shows that the L-type network has better frequency characteristics than the T-type one.A distribution amplifier based on the L-type network is implemented with the 2-μm GaAs HBT（heterojunction-bipolar transistor） process of WIN semiconductors.The measurement result presents excellent bandwidth performance and gives a gain of 5.5 dB with a gain flatness of ±1dB over a frequency range from 3 to 18 GHz.The return losses S11 and S22 are below-10dB in the designed frequency range.The output 1-dB compression point at 5 GHz is 13.3 dBm.The chip area is 0.95 mm2 and the power dissipation is 95 mW under a 3.5 V supply.展开更多
An accurate circuit model of the microwave small signal characteristics of AlGaAs/GaAs HBT (heterojunction bipolar transistor) is extremely useful for microwave linear applications of the device. This paper presents ...An accurate circuit model of the microwave small signal characteristics of AlGaAs/GaAs HBT (heterojunction bipolar transistor) is extremely useful for microwave linear applications of the device. This paper presents a small signal AlGaAs/GaAs HBT equivalent circuit, based on the DC characteristics and S parameter of the device. Using Volterra series, we have calculated the third order intermodulation distortion in a linear AlGaAs/GaAs HBT amplifier. The calculations are well concordant with the measurements from two tone signals intermodulation distortion test, and its excellent third order intermodulation performance shows that AlGaAs/GaAs HBT is a very attractive candidate for linear amplification.展开更多
基于InGaP/GaAs异质结双极晶体管（HBT）工艺设计了一款X波段低相噪单片集成压控振荡器（VCO）,该VCO采用Colpitts双推（push-push）电路结构,芯片上集成了负阻振荡电路、分布式谐振器、变容二极管和耦合输出电路。通过优化HBT器件尺寸...基于InGaP/GaAs异质结双极晶体管（HBT）工艺设计了一款X波段低相噪单片集成压控振荡器（VCO）,该VCO采用Colpitts双推（push-push）电路结构,芯片上集成了负阻振荡电路、分布式谐振器、变容二极管和耦合输出电路。通过优化HBT器件尺寸以降低其引入的1/f噪声,同时设计高Q值分布式谐振电路,从而有效降低了VCO的输出相位噪声。通过采用背靠背变容二极管对来增加VCO输出频率调谐带宽。测试结果表明,所设计芯片在5 V供电时的电流约180 m A,电调电压在1-13 V变化下输出频率覆盖8.8-10 GHz,典型输出功率为10 d Bm,单边带相位噪声为-115 d Bc/Hz@100 k Hz。芯片尺寸为2.5 mm×1.6 mm。展开更多
A MIC power amplifier with power combining based on InGaP/GaAs HBT is developed and measured for the application of the latest high power amplifier stage of the X-band. A novel InGaP/GaAs HBT power transistor with an ...A MIC power amplifier with power combining based on InGaP/GaAs HBT is developed and measured for the application of the latest high power amplifier stage of the X-band. A novel InGaP/GaAs HBT power transistor with an on-chip RC stabilization network is used as the power combing cell to improve the stability of the circuit. A compact mi- crostripe line parallel matching network is used to divide and combine the power. By biasing the amplifier at class AB： Vc= 7V, Ic = 230mA,a maximum CW stabile output power of 28.9dBm and a power combine efficiency of 80% are achieved at 8. 1GHz.展开更多
This paper demonstrates the design and fabrication of a monolithic HBT power amplifier for TD-SCDMA cellu- lar phones that achieves high efficiency and linearity. The two-stage MMIC integrates the input matching circu...This paper demonstrates the design and fabrication of a monolithic HBT power amplifier for TD-SCDMA cellu- lar phones that achieves high efficiency and linearity. The two-stage MMIC integrates the input matching circuits,interstage matching circuits, and active bias circuits in a single chip with size as small as 0.91mm × 0.98mm. The amplifier obtains a power-added efficiency of 43% （15%） and a gain of 28.5dB （24dB） at the high and low operation mode under the 3.4V supply. In addition, the adjacent channel leakage power is below - 45dBc/- 56dBc and - 39dBc/- 50dBc at 1.6MHz/3.2MHz offset in low and high power output modes, respectively, with QPSK modulation. The MMIC offers the potential for low cost production due to small chip size, stable voltage supply, and high performance at the same time.展开更多
A three-stage 4.8-6 GHz monolithic power amplifier（PA） compatible with IEEE 802.11a/n designed based on an advanced 2μm InGaP/GaAs hetero-junction bipolar transistor（HBT） process is presented.The PA integrates in...A three-stage 4.8-6 GHz monolithic power amplifier（PA） compatible with IEEE 802.11a/n designed based on an advanced 2μm InGaP/GaAs hetero-junction bipolar transistor（HBT） process is presented.The PA integrates input matching and closed-loop power control circuits on chip.Under 3.3 V DC bias,the amplifier achieves a ~31 dB small signal gain,excellent wide band input and output matching among overall 1.2 GHz bandwidth,and up to 24.5 dBm linear output power below EVM 3%with IEEE 802.11a 64QAM OFDM input signal.展开更多
The design and test results of a 6-bit 3-Gsps analog-to-digital converter （ADC） using 1 μm GaAs het- erojunction bipolar transistor （HBT） technology are presented. The monolithic folding-interpolating ADC makes u...The design and test results of a 6-bit 3-Gsps analog-to-digital converter （ADC） using 1 μm GaAs het- erojunction bipolar transistor （HBT） technology are presented. The monolithic folding-interpolating ADC makes use of a track-and-hold amplifier （THA） with a highly linear input buffer to maintain a highly effective number of bits （ENOB）. The ADC occupies an area of 4.32 × 3.66 mm2 and achieves 5.53 ENOB with an effective resolution bandwidth of 1.l GHz at a sampling rate of 3 Gsps. The maximum DNL and INL are 0.36 LSB and 0.48 LSB, respectively.展开更多
A fully integrated Ku-band voltage controlled oscillator （VCO） is presented in an InGaP/GaAs hetero- junction bipolar transistor （HBT） technology. To achieve the wide tuning range （TR）, the VCO employs a Colpitt...A fully integrated Ku-band voltage controlled oscillator （VCO） is presented in an InGaP/GaAs hetero- junction bipolar transistor （HBT） technology. To achieve the wide tuning range （TR）, the VCO employs a Colpitts configuration, and the VCO simultaneously achieves high output power. The implemented VCO demonstrates an oscillation frequency range from 12.82 to 14.97 GHz, a frequency TR of 15.47%, an output power from 0.31 to 6.46 dBm, and a phase noise of -94.9 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset from 13.9 GHz center frequency. The VCO con- sumes 52.75 mW from 5 V supply and occupies an area of 0.81 × 0.78 mm2. Finally, the figures-of-merit for VCOs is discussed.展开更多
A dynamic divide-by-two regenerative GaP/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors （HBTs） frequency divider （RFD） is presented in a 60-GHz-fT Intechnology. To achieve high operation bandwidth, active loads instead o...A dynamic divide-by-two regenerative GaP/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors （HBTs） frequency divider （RFD） is presented in a 60-GHz-fT Intechnology. To achieve high operation bandwidth, active loads instead of resistor loads are incorporated into the RFD. On-wafer measurement shows that the divider is operating from 10 GHz up to at least 40 GHz, limited by the available input frequency. The maximum operation frequency of the divider is found to be much higher than fT/2 of the transistor, and also the divider has excellent input sensitivity. The divider consumes 300.85 mW from 5 V supply and occupies an area of 0.47 × 0.22 mm^2.展开更多
文摘A monolithic voltage controlled oscillator （VCO） based on negative resistance principle is presented uti-lizing commercially available InGaP/GaAs hetero-junction bipolar transistor （HBT） technology. This VCO is de-signed for 5GHz-band wireless applications. Except for bypass and decoupled capacitors,no external component is needed for real application. Its measured output frequency range is from 4.17 to 4.56GHz,which is very close to the simulation one. And the phase noise at an offset frequency of 1MHz is -112dBc/Hz. The VCO core dissipates 15.5mW from a 3.3V supply,and the output power ranges from 0 to 2dBm. To compare with other oscillators,the figure of merit is calculated,which is about -173.2dBc/Hz. Meanwhile, the principle and design method of nega-tive resistance oscillator are also discussed.
文摘A 12 Gbit/s limiting amplifier for fiber-optic transmission system is realized in a 2μm GaAs HBT technology. The whole circuit consists of an input buffer, three similar amplifier cells, an output buffer for driving 50 ft transmission lines and a pair of feedback networks for offset cancellation. At a positive supply voltage of 2 V and a negative supply voltage of - 2V, the power dissipation is about 280 mW. The small-signal gain is higher than 46 dB and the input dynamic range is about 40 dB with a constant single-ended output voltage swing of 400 mV. Satisfactory eye-diagrams are obtained at the bit rate of 12 Gbit/s limited by the test set-up. The chip area is 1.15 mm ×0.7 mm.
基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No.20090461048)Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No.0901022C)Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Southeast University
文摘The characteristic impedances of L-type and T-type networks are first investigated for a distributed amplifier design.The analysis shows that the L-type network has better frequency characteristics than the T-type one.A distribution amplifier based on the L-type network is implemented with the 2-μm GaAs HBT（heterojunction-bipolar transistor） process of WIN semiconductors.The measurement result presents excellent bandwidth performance and gives a gain of 5.5 dB with a gain flatness of ±1dB over a frequency range from 3 to 18 GHz.The return losses S11 and S22 are below-10dB in the designed frequency range.The output 1-dB compression point at 5 GHz is 13.3 dBm.The chip area is 0.95 mm2 and the power dissipation is 95 mW under a 3.5 V supply.
文摘An accurate circuit model of the microwave small signal characteristics of AlGaAs/GaAs HBT (heterojunction bipolar transistor) is extremely useful for microwave linear applications of the device. This paper presents a small signal AlGaAs/GaAs HBT equivalent circuit, based on the DC characteristics and S parameter of the device. Using Volterra series, we have calculated the third order intermodulation distortion in a linear AlGaAs/GaAs HBT amplifier. The calculations are well concordant with the measurements from two tone signals intermodulation distortion test, and its excellent third order intermodulation performance shows that AlGaAs/GaAs HBT is a very attractive candidate for linear amplification.
文摘基于InGaP/GaAs异质结双极晶体管（HBT）工艺设计了一款X波段低相噪单片集成压控振荡器（VCO）,该VCO采用Colpitts双推（push-push）电路结构,芯片上集成了负阻振荡电路、分布式谐振器、变容二极管和耦合输出电路。通过优化HBT器件尺寸以降低其引入的1/f噪声,同时设计高Q值分布式谐振电路,从而有效降低了VCO的输出相位噪声。通过采用背靠背变容二极管对来增加VCO输出频率调谐带宽。测试结果表明,所设计芯片在5 V供电时的电流约180 m A,电调电压在1-13 V变化下输出频率覆盖8.8-10 GHz,典型输出功率为10 d Bm,单边带相位噪声为-115 d Bc/Hz@100 k Hz。芯片尺寸为2.5 mm×1.6 mm。
文摘A MIC power amplifier with power combining based on InGaP/GaAs HBT is developed and measured for the application of the latest high power amplifier stage of the X-band. A novel InGaP/GaAs HBT power transistor with an on-chip RC stabilization network is used as the power combing cell to improve the stability of the circuit. A compact mi- crostripe line parallel matching network is used to divide and combine the power. By biasing the amplifier at class AB： Vc= 7V, Ic = 230mA,a maximum CW stabile output power of 28.9dBm and a power combine efficiency of 80% are achieved at 8. 1GHz.
文摘This paper demonstrates the design and fabrication of a monolithic HBT power amplifier for TD-SCDMA cellu- lar phones that achieves high efficiency and linearity. The two-stage MMIC integrates the input matching circuits,interstage matching circuits, and active bias circuits in a single chip with size as small as 0.91mm × 0.98mm. The amplifier obtains a power-added efficiency of 43% （15%） and a gain of 28.5dB （24dB） at the high and low operation mode under the 3.4V supply. In addition, the adjacent channel leakage power is below - 45dBc/- 56dBc and - 39dBc/- 50dBc at 1.6MHz/3.2MHz offset in low and high power output modes, respectively, with QPSK modulation. The MMIC offers the potential for low cost production due to small chip size, stable voltage supply, and high performance at the same time.
文摘A three-stage 4.8-6 GHz monolithic power amplifier（PA） compatible with IEEE 802.11a/n designed based on an advanced 2μm InGaP/GaAs hetero-junction bipolar transistor（HBT） process is presented.The PA integrates input matching and closed-loop power control circuits on chip.Under 3.3 V DC bias,the amplifier achieves a ~31 dB small signal gain,excellent wide band input and output matching among overall 1.2 GHz bandwidth,and up to 24.5 dBm linear output power below EVM 3%with IEEE 802.11a 64QAM OFDM input signal.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2010CB327505)the Advance Research Project of China(No.51308xxxx06)the Advance Research Foundation of China(No.9140A08xxxx11DZ111)
文摘The design and test results of a 6-bit 3-Gsps analog-to-digital converter （ADC） using 1 μm GaAs het- erojunction bipolar transistor （HBT） technology are presented. The monolithic folding-interpolating ADC makes use of a track-and-hold amplifier （THA） with a highly linear input buffer to maintain a highly effective number of bits （ENOB）. The ADC occupies an area of 4.32 × 3.66 mm2 and achieves 5.53 ENOB with an effective resolution bandwidth of 1.l GHz at a sampling rate of 3 Gsps. The maximum DNL and INL are 0.36 LSB and 0.48 LSB, respectively.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2010CBxxxx05)the Advance Research Project of China(No.51308xxxx06)+2 种基金the Advance Research Foundation of China(No.9140A08xxxx11DZ111)Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Henan University of Science and Technology(No.400613480011)the Foundation of He’nan Educational Commettee(No.15A510001)
文摘A fully integrated Ku-band voltage controlled oscillator （VCO） is presented in an InGaP/GaAs hetero- junction bipolar transistor （HBT） technology. To achieve the wide tuning range （TR）, the VCO employs a Colpitts configuration, and the VCO simultaneously achieves high output power. The implemented VCO demonstrates an oscillation frequency range from 12.82 to 14.97 GHz, a frequency TR of 15.47%, an output power from 0.31 to 6.46 dBm, and a phase noise of -94.9 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset from 13.9 GHz center frequency. The VCO con- sumes 52.75 mW from 5 V supply and occupies an area of 0.81 × 0.78 mm2. Finally, the figures-of-merit for VCOs is discussed.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2010CBxxxx05)the Advance Research Project of China(No.51308xxxx06)the Advance Research Foundation of China(No.9140A08xxxx11DZ111)
文摘A dynamic divide-by-two regenerative GaP/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors （HBTs） frequency divider （RFD） is presented in a 60-GHz-fT Intechnology. To achieve high operation bandwidth, active loads instead of resistor loads are incorporated into the RFD. On-wafer measurement shows that the divider is operating from 10 GHz up to at least 40 GHz, limited by the available input frequency. The maximum operation frequency of the divider is found to be much higher than fT/2 of the transistor, and also the divider has excellent input sensitivity. The divider consumes 300.85 mW from 5 V supply and occupies an area of 0.47 × 0.22 mm^2.
