Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 40, Issue 2, 178(2021)

W-band power combining amplifier based on silicon micromachined waveguide

Hai-Feng CHENG1,2, Xiang ZHU2, Fang HOU1,2, San-Ming HU1、*, Jian GUO1, and Gui-Xiong SHI2
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Wave,Southeast University,Nanjing 210096,China
  • 2Nanjing Electronic Device Institute,Nanjing 210016,China
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    Based on the silicon micromachined technology, a W-band 4-way silicon waveguide power splitter/combiner was designed and fabricated in this paper. The silicon waveguide has been realized by dry etching and wafer level bonding on an 8 inch silicon wafer. According to the characteristics of silicon micromachining, a waveguide power splitter/ combiner based on H-plane T-junction and 3dB coupler was designed. This silicon splitter/combiner exhibits extremely low loss. A silicon power combined PA module was developed by using this silicon power splitter/combiner together with four 2W GaN MMICs. The output power is between 7.03W and 8.05W across the frequency range of 92 to 96GHz with an input power of 30dBm, and the typical PAE is 15%. The average combining efficiency is 88%.

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    Hai-Feng CHENG, Xiang ZHU, Fang HOU, San-Ming HU, Jian GUO, Gui-Xiong SHI. W-band power combining amplifier based on silicon micromachined waveguide[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2021, 40(2): 178

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Mar. 26, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 31, 2021

    The Author Email: San-Ming HU (sanming.hu@seu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2021.02.007

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