Ka-band LNA MMIC's realized in fmax > 580 GHz GaN HEMT Technology

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Micovic, Miro [1 ]
Brown, David [1 ]
Regan, Dean [1 ]
Wong, Joel [1 ]
Tai, Joe [1 ]
Kurdoghlian, Ara [1 ]
Herrault, Florian [1 ]
Tang, Yan [1 ]
Burnham, Shawn D. [1 ]
Fung, Helen [1 ]
Schmitz, Adele [1 ]
Khalaf, Isaac [1 ]
Santos, Dayward [1 ]
Prophet, Eric [1 ]
Bracamontes, Hector [1 ]
McGuire, Chuck [1 ]
Grabar, Robert [1 ]
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[1] HRL Labs LLC, 3011 Malibu Canyon Rd, Malibu, CA 90265 USA
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GaN; MMIC; LNA; millimeter-wave; Ka-band;
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We report the first generation of GaN MMIC circuits that are based on the latest generation of (ft > 320 GHz and fmax > 580 GHz) [1] GaN Transistors advanced under the DARPA Nitride Electronic NeXt-Generation Technology (NEXT) Program. The reported broadband Ka-band (27 GHz - 40 GHz) GaN LNA MMIC's have Noise Figure (NF) as low as 1 dB measured at a frequency of 37 GHz, NF < 2 dB with > 24dB of gain across 28 GHz-39.2 GHz frequency range, and a very broad range of usable DC bias conditions (Vd: 0.6V-4V, Pdc: 5 mW-310 mW). This is to the best of our knowledge the lowest NF reported for GaN LNA in this frequency band.
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