Cryogenic low noise MMIC amplifiers for U-Band (40–60 GHz)

Lorene Samoska; Andy Fung; Pekka Kangaslahti; Rohit Gawande; Mary  Soria; Charles  Lawrence; Todd Gaier; David Cuadrado Calle; Danielle George; Gary Fuller; Mikko Varonen; Richard Lai; Stephen  Sarkozy; Kieran Cleary

doi:10.1109/EuMIC.2016.7777495

Cryogenic low noise MMIC amplifiers for U-Band (40–60 GHz)

Lorene Samoska, Andy Fung, Pekka Kangaslahti, Rohit Gawande, Mary Soria, Charles Lawrence, Todd Gaier, David Cuadrado Calle, Danielle George, Gary Fuller, Mikko Varonen, Richard Lai, Stephen Sarkozy, Kieran Cleary

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Abstract

In this work, we describe monolithic millimeter-wave integrated circuit (MMIC) Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) and mixer designs for U-Band, also known as the WR19 waveguide band (40-60 GHz). The LNAs were fabricated in NGC's 35 nm InP HEMT MMIC process. The MMICs were packaged in WR19 waveguide housings and tested for noise, both at room temperature and cryogenically. We present the results, including a comparison to the state-of-the-art, and discuss applications for amplifiers in this frequency range. To date, these are the first cryogenic 35 nm InP MMIC results covering the 40-60 GHz range. We achieved a noise temperature less than 30 K over the 40-60 GHz range, when the amplifiers were cryogenically cooled. These results are comparable with other results in the literature, and we believe are the lowest reported for MMICs in the 50-60 GHz range.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), 2016 11th European
Place of Publication	IEEExplore
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	81-84
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EuMIC.2016.7777495
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

MMIC
Cryogenic LNA
InP
HEMT
WR19
U-band

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Samoska, L., Fung, A., Kangaslahti, P., Gawande, R., Soria, M., Lawrence, C., Gaier, T., Cuadrado Calle, D., George, D., Fuller, G., Varonen, M., Lai, R., Sarkozy, S., & Cleary, K. (2016). Cryogenic low noise MMIC amplifiers for U-Band (40–60 GHz). In Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), 2016 11th European (pp. 81-84). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/EuMIC.2016.7777495

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Cryogenic low noise MMIC amplifiers for U-Band (40–60 GHz)

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