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A 58.4 mW solid-state power amplifier at 220 GHz using InP HBTsReed et al., 2012
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- Reed T
- Rodwell M
- Griffith Z
- Rowell P
- Field M
- Urteaga M
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- 2012 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest
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A 220 GHz solid state power amplifier MMIC is presented demonstrating 58.4 mW of output power with 5.4 dB compressed gain. The 8-cell amplifier has a small signal gain of 8.9 dB at 220 GHz, and 3-dB bandwidth from 206 to 242GHz. Amplifier cells are formed using a …
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