Balanced AlGaN/GaN-HFET amplifier based on
111-Silicon substrate
*M. Neuburger, **M. Kunze, **I. Daumiller,
*T. Zimmermann, ***A. Dadgar, ***A. Krost, *S. Hettich, *F. Gruson, *H.
Schumacher, *E. Kohn
*
Department of Electron Devices * Circuits,
(email: Martin.Neuberger@e-technik.uni-ulm.de, phone: +49 731 502 6183)
** micro GaN GmbH, Albert Einstein Allee
45, 89081 Ulm, Germany
***
Department of Semiconductor Epitaxy,
Abstract
In this work a modular low cost RF-amplifier system is presented, based on AlGaN/GaN-HFETs on 111-Si, hybrid integrated on PCB, consisting of single stage and balanced amplifier modules. 50 Ohm matching of the modules is realized with the use of commercial available SMD-components, allowing to cascade the individual modules. Depending the setup of the system, either the total RF-output power or power gain is increased. This concept results in more efficient heat sinking because of the resulting small transistor size in contrast to other concepts [1]. The concept and a special mounting technique allows to use low cost heat sinks like copper, keeping the total module cost down. The RF-amplifier system is realized and tested at 2 GHz. Presently the frequency range is extended to 5 GHz.