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; Richard Lai; Stephen Sarkozy; Mikko Varonen; 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, Richard Lai, Stephen Sarkozy, Mikko Varonen, Kieran Cleary

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In this work, we describe monolithic millimeterwave 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	2016 11TH EUROPEAN MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CONFERENCE (EUMIC)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	85-88
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-2-87487-044-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EuMIC.2016.7777495
Publication status	Published - 2016
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference - London, United Kingdom Duration: 3 Oct 2016 → 4 Oct 2016 Conference number: 11

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Name	European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference - Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE

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Conference	European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference
Abbreviated title	EuMIC
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	03/10/2016 → 04/10/2016

Keywords

MMIC
cryogenic LNA
InP
HEMT
WR19
Uband

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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., Lai, R., Sarkozy, S., Varonen, M., & Cleary, K. (2016). Cryogenic Low Noise MMIC Amplifiers for U-Band (40-60 GHz). In 2016 11TH EUROPEAN MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CONFERENCE (EUMIC) (pp. 85-88). (European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference - Proceedings). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/EuMIC.2016.7777495

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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, Lai, R, Sarkozy, S, Varonen, M & Cleary, K 2016, Cryogenic Low Noise MMIC Amplifiers for U-Band (40-60 GHz). in 2016 11TH EUROPEAN MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CONFERENCE (EUMIC). European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference - Proceedings, IEEE, pp. 85-88, European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference , London, United Kingdom, 03/10/2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/EuMIC.2016.7777495

Cryogenic Low Noise MMIC Amplifiers for U-Band (40-60 GHz). / Samoska, Lorene; Fung, Andy; Kangaslahti, Pekka et al.
2016 11TH EUROPEAN MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CONFERENCE (EUMIC). IEEE, 2016. p. 85-88 (European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference - Proceedings).

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Cryogenic Low Noise MMIC Amplifiers for U-Band (40-60 GHz)

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