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Hiroyuki SAKAI Yorito OTA Kaoru INOUE Takayuki YOSHIDA Kazuaki TAKAHASHI Suguru FUJITA Morikazu SAGAWA
A new mm-wave IC, constructed by flip-chip bonded heterojunction transistors and microstrip lines formed on Si substrate, has been proposed and demonstrated by using MBB (micro bump boding) technology. Millimeter-wave characteristics of the MBB region has been estimated by electro-magnetic field analysis. Good agreements between calculated and measured characteristics of this new IC (named MFIC: millimeter-wave flip-chip IC) have been obtained up to 60 GHz band. Several MFIC amplifiers with their designed performances have been successfully fabricated.
Morio NAKAMURA Masahiro MAEDA Shigeru MORIMOTO Hiroyuki MASATO Yukio NAKAMURA Yorito OTA
A high power amplifier module has been developed for large cell base station in digital cordless system. For PHS application, this module exhibited Pout of 38 dBm with low ACP of -72 dBc (at 600 kHz offset point) and a power gain of 33 dB at a supply voltage of 9 V and a frequency range of 1890-1923 MHz. In order to realize this ultra low distortion performance, power FETs have been designed as considering high breakdown voltage and thermal stability. Power divider/combiner circuits, which have the advantages of low transmission loss and a function of controlling second harmonic, have been introduced. Moreover, a novel module package with features of low cost and good processing precision has been proposed.
Masahiro MAEDA Morio NAKAMURA Shigeru MORIMOTO Hiroyuki MASATO Yorito OTA
A small-sized three-stage GaAs power module has been developed for portable digital radios using M-16QAM modulation. This module has exhibited typical P1dB of 10 W with PAE of 48% and a power gain of 35 dB at a low supply voltage of 6.5 V in 1.453-1.477 GHz band. The volume of the module is only 1.5 cc, which is one of the smallest value in 10 W class modules ever reported. In order to realize the reduced size and the high power performances simultaneously, the module has employed new power divider/combiner circuits with significant features of the reduced occupation area, the improved isolation properties and the function of second-harmonic control.