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Ma Zhenqiang, Wang Guogong, Jiang Ningyue, Ponchak G E and Alterovitz S A
Abstract: Limited by increased parasitics and thermal effects as device size increases,current commercial SiGe power HBTs are difficult to operate at X-band (8～12GHz) frequencies with adequate power added efficiencies at high power levels.We find that,by changing the heterostructure and doping profile of SiGe HBTs,their power gain can be significantly improved without resorting to substantial lateral scaling.Furthermore,employing a common-base configuration with a proper doping profile instead of a common-emitter configuration improves the power gain characteristics of SiGe HBTs,thus permitting these devices to be efficiently operated at X-band frequencies.In this paper,we report the results of SiGe power HBTs and MMIC power amplifiers operating at 8～10GHz.At 10GHz,a 22.5dBm (178mW) RF output power with a concurrent gain of 7.32dB is measured at the peak power-added efficiency of 20.0%,and a maximum RF output power of 24.0dBm (250mW) is achieved from a 20 emitter finger SiGe power HBT.The demonstration of a single-stage X-band medium-power linear MMIC power amplifier is also realized at 8GHz.Employing a 10-emitter finger SiGe HBT and on-chip input and output matching passive components,a linear gain of 9.7dB,a maximum output power of 23.4dBm,and peak power added efficiency of 16% are achieved from the power amplifier.The MMIC exhibits very low distortion with 3rd order intermodulation (IM) suppression C/I of -13dBc at an output power of 21.2dBm and over 20dBm 3rd order output intercept point (OIP3).
Key words: common-base, common-emitter, doping profile, load-pull, MMIC, SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors
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Received: 20 August 2015 Revised: Online: Published: 01 February 2006
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Ma Zhenqiang, Wang Guogong, Jiang Ningyue, Ponchak G E, Alterovitz S A. High Power SiGe X-Band (8～10GHz) Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors and Amplifiers[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2006, 27(2): 270-275.
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Ma Z Q, Wang G G, Jiang N Y, Ponchak G E, Alterovitz S A. High Power SiGe X-Band (8～10GHz) Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors and Amplifiers[J]. Chin. J. Semicond., 2006, 27(2): 270.
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