A fully-integrated Ka-band CMOS power amplifier with Psat of 20 dBm and PAE of 19%

Yong Huang, Runxi Zhang, Chunqi Shi

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Abstract

This paper presents a 27.5-28.5 GHz Ka-band power amplifier fabricated with 0.13 pm CMOS process. A small inter-stage inductor between the cascode common-source and common-gate is designed to improve PA's output power and PAE. A vertical coupling input and output balun with low insertion loss are designed to simultaneously perform impedance transformation and differential to single-ended conversion. The power amplifier achieves a saturated output power (Psat) of 20 dBm and a maximum power gain (G) of 22.6 dB, the peak value of the power added efficiency (PAE) is 19 %.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband, ICUWB 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509013173
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Dec 2016
Event16th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband, ICUWB 2016 - Nanjing, China
Duration: 16 Oct 201619 Oct 2016

Publication series

Name2016 IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband, ICUWB 2016

Conference

Conference16th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband, ICUWB 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing
Period16/10/1619/10/16

Keywords

  • CMOS
  • Ka-band
  • balun
  • power amplifier

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