A wideband gain-enhancement technique for distributed amplifiers

NLK Nguyen, NS Killeen, DP Nguyen… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a new bandpass distributed amplifier (DA) using a wideband gain-boosting
technique is presented. In particular, a feedback network, including a series inductor and a …

A balanced Darlington cell for a 3–230-GHz InP distributed amplifier

PT Nguyen, NLK Nguyen, NS Wagner… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a novel Darlington cell that improves the gain–bandwidth product and
output power of distributed amplifiers (DAs). By employing two diode-connected transistors …

Analysis of the impact of prototyping‐related parasitic effects in a hybrid GaN power amplifier for 5G FR1 applications

G Bartolotti, Z Zhang, P Shi, A Piacibello… - … Journal of Numerical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This article analyses the impact of parasitic effects encountered in the manufacturing of a
Gallium Nitride power amplifier optimized for a specific trade‐off of efficiency and linearity at …

A 7–115-GHz distributed amplifier with 24-dBm output power using quadruple-stacked HBT in InP

NLK Nguyen, C Cui, DP Nguyen… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we present the designs and development of a wideband, high output power
quadruple-stacked heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) distributed amplifier (DA). In …

An Efficient, Broadband SiGe HBT Non-Uniform Distributed Power Amplifier Leveraging a Compact, Two-Section λ/4 Output Impedance Transformer

I Ju, S Lee, JD Cressler - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An efficient, broadband SiGe HBT cascode nonuniform distributed power amplifier (NDPA)
is presented for low-cost, fully integrated Si-based phased arrays. Optimum load …

Loss-Compensated Cascaded Multistage Distributed Power Amplifier in 65nm CMOS Technology

MM Tarar, S Qayyum, A Ali, R Negra - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents the analysis, design, and implementation of a fully integrated loss-
compensated cascaded multistage distributed amplifier (LC-CMSDA) in CMOS technology …

A DC-170 GHz InP distributed amplifier using transmission line loss compensation technique

PT Nguyen, NLK Nguyen… - 2022 IEEE/MTT-S …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, an input transmission line loss compensation technique using resistive-
capacitive (RC) degeneration is employed in an Indium Phosphide (InP) distributed amplifier …

A Ka-Band InP HBT MMIC Power Amplifier With 19.8:1 IP3/Pdc LFOM at 48 GHz

KW Kobayashi, P Partyka, T Howle… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article describes the design and measured performance of a linear efficient Ka-band
InP DHBT PA with an IP3/linearity figure of merit (LFOM) of 19.8: 1 at 48 GHz and 14.1: 1 at …

Stacked Common-Base vs Common-Emitter mmWave PA Cells and 68–105 GHz Broadband Asymmetrical PA in 250nm InP HBT

Z Liu, T Sharma, K Sengupta - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we perform a comparative analysis between stacked common-emitter (SCE)
and stacked common-base topologies (SCB) for high efficiency and broadband millimeter …

A 3-to-78-GHz Distributed Low-Noise Amplifier Incorporating High-Gain Differential Cells and Balanced Active Balun in a 65-nm CMOS

J Zhang, T Wu, L Nie, Y Chen, J Ren… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article reports an ultrawide CMOS distributed low-noise amplifier (LNA) for ultrahigh-
speed communications. The proposed LNA consists of a front single-end-to-differential …