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Tue 17 Jun | 10:10 - 11:50
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Design Techniques for High Performance SiGe PAs
Tolga Dinc
Texas Instruments
Shintaro Shinjo
Mitsubishi Electric
This session covers recent developments, advanced design techniques, and methodologies in high performance RF and mm-wave SiGe PAs. The first paper introduces a new design methodology for algorithmic inverse design and optimization of multi-stage power-combined mm-wave PAs. The second paper demonstrates the first silicon-based PA providing multiple watts of power at Ka-band. The next paper is a 17–30GHz SiGe common-collector common-base PA with enhanced large-signal stability for SATCOM application. The fourth paper presents an efficient Q-band balanced PA designed using a two-tone load-pull optimization technique. The last paper demonstrates a compact, reconfigurable dual-band 5/6GHz SiGe PA for Wi-Fi 6E application.
10:10 - 10:30
RTu2A-1 Topology-Optimized Nonintuitive Multilayered mm-Wave Power Amplifiers
Vinay Chenna, Hossein Hashemi
Univ. of Southern California, Univ. of Southern California
10:30 - 10:50
RTu2A-2 31.7 and 36.7dBm Ka-Band SiGe BiCMOS Power Amplifiers Using Resonated Amplifier Cores and Optimized Power Combining
Alexander Haag, Ahmet Çağrı Ulusoy
milli IC, KIT
10:50 - 11:10
RTu2A-3 A SiGe Common-Collector-Common-Base Linear Power Amplifier with 17–28-GHz P1dB 3-dB Bandwidth and Enhanced Large-Signal Stability
Tsung-Ching Tsai, Ahmet Çağrı Ulusoy
KIT, KIT
11:10 - 11:30
RTu2A-4 A Linear Q-Band Balanced Power Amplifier in a 130nm SiGe BiCMOS Technology Using Two-Tone Load-Pull Optimization
Alexander Haag, Ahmet Çağrı Ulusoy
milli IC, KIT
11:30 - 11:50
RTu2A-5 A 5/6GHz Compact, Dual-Band, and Highly Linear Wi-Fi 6E SiGe HBT Power Amplifier Using Q-Modulated Switched Capacitor Interstage Matching Network and Optimized Output Stage
Yoongoo Kang, Hanjung Lee, Inchan Ju
Ajou Univ., Ajou Univ., Ajou Univ.