Gallium Nitride Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Designs Using 0.25-micro m Qorvo Process

Abstract

The US Army Research Laboratory is exploring devices and circuits for radio frequency communications, networking, and sensor systems of interest to US Defense Department applications, particularly for next-generation radar systems. Broadband, efficient, high-power, monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) amplifiers are extremely important in any communication system that must operate reliably and efficiently in continually crowded spectrums, with multiple purposes for communications, networking, and radar. This technical note briefly summarizes a few of the MMIC designs using Qorvos 0.25-micro m, high-power, efficient, gallium-nitride-on-4-mil-silicon-carbide process that were submitted to an Air Force Research Laboratory-sponsored wafer fabrication.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 27, 2017
Accession Number
AD1037180

Entities

People

  • John E. Penn

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Amplifiers
  • Broadband
  • Circuits
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Elements
  • Fabrication
  • Gallium Nitrides
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Microwave Integrated Circuits
  • Military Research
  • Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits
  • Radar
  • Semiconductors
  • Silicon Carbide

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics