technology. Stacking and parallel power combining together provide the desired output
power. Common-base stages with base capacitive degeneration act as stacked power cells.
Four power cells are combined by a compact low-loss 4: 1 transmission line network. At
270GHz, the four-stage amplifier has 16.8 dBm saturated output power with 4% power-
added efficiency (PAE). Over 266-285GHz, the amplifier's saturated output power is 14-16.7 …