High-linearity power amplifier based on GaAs HBT

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Main Authors: Huang, Jiwei, Zhang, Yi
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Published: 2025
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author Huang, Jiwei
Zhang, Yi
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Zhang, Yi
contents This paper presents a power amplifier designed for Wi-Fi 6E using the 2 um gallium arsenide (GaAs) heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) process. By employing third-order inter-modulation signal cancellation, harmonic suppression, and an adaptive biasing scheme, the linearity performance of the circuit is improved. To achieve broadband performance, the power amplifier also incorporates gain distribution and multi-stage LC matching techniques. The measurement results indicate that, under a 5V supply voltage, it can achieve S21 greater than 31dB, delta G of 0.723dB, and P1dB of 30.6dB within the 5.125GHz-7.125GHz frequency band. The maximum linear output power, which satisfies AM-AM < 0.2dB and AM-PM < 1°, is 26.5dBm, and the layout area is 2.34mm2.
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spellingShingle High-linearity power amplifier based on GaAs HBT
Huang, Jiwei
Zhang, Yi
Instrumentation and Detectors
This paper presents a power amplifier designed for Wi-Fi 6E using the 2 um gallium arsenide (GaAs) heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) process. By employing third-order inter-modulation signal cancellation, harmonic suppression, and an adaptive biasing scheme, the linearity performance of the circuit is improved. To achieve broadband performance, the power amplifier also incorporates gain distribution and multi-stage LC matching techniques. The measurement results indicate that, under a 5V supply voltage, it can achieve S21 greater than 31dB, delta G of 0.723dB, and P1dB of 30.6dB within the 5.125GHz-7.125GHz frequency band. The maximum linear output power, which satisfies AM-AM < 0.2dB and AM-PM < 1°, is 26.5dBm, and the layout area is 2.34mm2.
title High-linearity power amplifier based on GaAs HBT
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04893