A High Efficiency InGaP/GaAs HBT Power Amplifier MMIC for the 5GHz Wireless-LAN Application

An InGaP/GaAs two-stage HBT linear power amplifier MMIC for the 5GHz Wireless-LAN Application was developed. By using a novel linearizer and a small-size via-hole technology, the power amplifier showed high output power (19dBm) with high power-added-efficiency (PAE : 18.5%), sufficient gain (21.0dB) and high linearity (4.78% error vector magnitude : EVM) at supply voltage 3.3V. It is the highest PAE in the power amplifier MMIC for the 5GHz Wireless-LAN application ever reported.

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