Agilent AMMC-6345
20 – 45 GHz Driver Amplifier
Data Sheet
Features
Chip Size: 2500 x 1150
µm
(100 x 69 mils)
Chip Size Tolerance: ± 10µm (±0.4 mils)
Chip Thickness: 100 ± 10µm (4 ± 0.4 mils)
Pad Dimensions: 100 x 100
µm
(4 ± 0.4 mils)
•
Wide frequency range: 20 - 45 GHz
•
High gain: 20 dB
•
Power: @40 GHz, P-1dB=24 dBm
•
Highly linear: OIP3=32dBm
•
Integrated RF power detector
•
5.0 Volt, -0.7 Volt, 480mA
operation
Applications
•
Microwave Radio systems
•
Satellite VSAT and DBS systems
•
LMDS & Pt-Pt mmW Long Haul
•
802.16 & 802.20 WiMax BWA
•
WLL and MMDS loops
•
Commercial grade military
•
Can be driver amplifier for the
AMMC-64xx power amplifiers
Description
The AMMC-6345 MMIC is a
broadband medium power
amplifier designed for use in
driving stage for transmitters
that operate in various
frequency bands between 20GHz
and 45GHz. It can be attached
to the driving stage of the
AMMC-6425, 6430, and 6440
(18-27 GHz, 25-32GHz, and 37-
42GHz) 1W MMIC power
amplifiersluding requiring linear
operation. At 40GHz, it provides
24dBm of output power (P-
1dB), 20dB of gain, and a 32
dBm output third order
intercept (OIP3). The device has
input and output matching
circuitry for use in 50
Ω
environments. The AMMC-6345
integrates a temperature
compensated RF power
detection circuit that enables
power detection of 0.8V/W at
40GHz. The device operates on
5V for current supply (negative
voltage only needed for Vg). It
is fabricated in a PHEMT
process for exceptional power
and gain performance. For
improved reliability and
moisture protection, the die is
passivated at the active areas.
AMMC-6345 Absolute Maximum Ratings
[1]
Symbol
V
d
V
g
I
d
P
in
T
ch
T
stg
T
max
Parameters/Conditions
Positive Drain Voltage
Gate Supply Voltage
Drain Current
CW Input Power
Operating Channel Temp.
Storage Case Temp.
Units
V
V
mA
dBm
°C
°C
Min.
-3
Max.
7
0.5
700
23
+150
-65
+150
+300
Maximum Assembly Temp °C
(60 sec max)
Note:
1. Operation in excess of any one of these conditions may result in permanent damage to this device.
Note: These devices are ESD sensitive. The following precautions are strongly recommended.
Ensure that an ESD approved carrier is used when dice are transported from one destination to
another. Personal grounding is to be worn at all times when handling these devices
AMMC-6345 DC Specifications/Physical Properties
[1]
Symbol
I
d
Parameters and Test Conditions
Drain Supply Current
(under any RF power drive and temperature)
(V
d
=5.0 V, V
g
set for I
d
Typical)
Gate Supply Operating Voltage
(I
d(Q)
= 900 (mA))
Thermal Resistance
[2]
(Backside temperature, T
b
= 25°C))
Units
mA
Min.
Typ.
480
Max.
600
V
g
θ
ch-b
V
°C/W
-0.75
-0.55
8.2
-0.4
Notes:
1. Ambient operational temperature T
A
=25°C unless otherwise noted.
2. Channel-to-backside Thermal Resistance (θ
ch-b
) = 9.0°C/W at T
channel
(T
c
) = 70°C as measured using infrared microscopy. Thermal Resistance at
backside temperature (T
b
) = 25°C calculated from measured data.
AMMC-6345 RF Specifications
[3, 4, 5]
( T
A
= 25°C, V
d
=5V, I
d(Q)=
480 mA, Z
o
=50
Ω
)
Symbol
Gain
P
-1dB
P
-3dB
OIP3
Parameters and Test
Conditions
Small-signal Gain
[4]
Output Power at 1dB
Gain Compression
Output Power at 3dB
Gain Compression
Third Order Intercept
Point;
∆f=100MHz;
Pin=-20dBm
Input Return Loss
[4]
Output Return Loss
[4]
Units
dB
dBm
dBm
dBm
Minimum
18
22.5
Typical
20
24
25
32
Maximum
Sigma
0.28
0.20
0.17
0.8
RLin
RLout
dB
dB
dB
-17
-13
-40
0.92
0.63
1.30
Isolation Min. Reverse Isolation
Notes:
3. Small/Large -signal data measured in wafer form T
A
= 25°C.
4. 100% on-wafer RF test is done at frequency = 25, 30, and 38 GHz. Statistics based on 1500 part sample
5. Specifications are derived from measurements in a 50
Ω
test environment. Aspects of the amplifier performance may be improved over a more
narrow bandwidth by application of additional conjugate, linearity, or power matching.
LSL
LSL
LSL
18
19
20
22.6 22.7 22.8 22.9 23 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4
23
24
Gain at 30 GHz
P-1dB at 30 GHz
P-1dB at 38 GHz
Typical distribution of Small Signal Gain and Output Power @P-1dB. Based on 1500 part sampled
over several production lots.
2
AMMC-6345 Typical Performances (T
A
= 25°C, V
d
=5.0 V, I
D
= 480 mA, Z
in
= Z
out
= 50
Ω
)
NOTE: These measurements are in a 50
Ω
test environment. Aspects of the amplifier performance may be improved over
a more narrow bandwidth by application of additional conjugate, linearity, or power matching.
30
Vd=3V
-20
0
30
P-1(5V)
P-1(4V)
P-1(3V)
25
25
Vd=5V
-25
-5
S11, and S22 [dB]
20
S21 [dB]
-30
S12 [dB]
-10
P-1 [dBm]
20
15
-35
-15
10
Isolation
-40
-20
15
5
-45
-25
10
15
0
15
20
25
30
35
40
Frequency [GHz]
45
50
-50
-30
15
20
25
30
35
Frequency [GHz]
40
45
50
20
25
30
35
40
Frequency [GHz]
45
50
Figure 1. Typical Gain and Reverse Isolation at
Vd= 3V, 4V, and 5V
12
Figure 2. Typical Return Loss (Input and
Output) at Vd= 3V, 4V, and 5V
40
38
Figure 3. Typical Output Power (@P-1dB) and
PAE at Vd= 3V, 4V, and 5V
30
Pout
PAE
Id
700
10
36
Pout [dBm], PAE [%]
25
600
Noise Figure [dB]
8
IP3 [dBm]
34
32
30
28
26
24
20
500
Id [mA]
6
15
400
4
10
300
2
22
20
15
5
200
0
15
20
25
30
35
Frequency [GHz]
40
45
20
25
30
35
Frequency [GHz]
40
45
0
-20
-10
0
Pin [dBm]
10
100
20
Figure 4. Typical Noise Figure
0
S11_20
S11_-40
S11_85
Figure 5. Typical Output 3
rd
Order Intercept Pt.
0
S22_20
S22_-40
S22_85
Figure 6. Typical Output Power, PAE, and Total
Drain Current versus Input Power at30GHz
30
-5
-5
25
S11[dB]
-10
S22 [dB]
-10
-15
-15
S21[dB]
20
15
-20
-20
-25
15
10
S21_20
S21_-40
S21_85
20
25
30
35
40
Frequency[GHz]
45
50
-25
15
20
25
30
Frequency [GHz]
35
40
5
15
20
25
30
35
40
Frequency[GHz]
45
50
Figure 7. Typical S11 over temperature
Figure 8. Typical S22 over temperature
Figure 9. Typical Gain over temperature
3
26
25
24
P-1 [dBm]
23
22
21
20
15
P-1_85deg
P-1_20deg
P-1_-40deg
20
25
30
35
40
Frequency [GHz]
45
50
Figure 10. Typical One dB Compression over
temperatu
DET_
R
DET_O
V
g
V
d
RF
o u t
Four stage wideband amplifier
RF
in
Figure 11. AMMC-6345 Schematic
Figure 12. AMMC-6345 Bond pad locations
4
Typical Scattering Parameters
[1]
, (T
A
= 25°C, V
d
=5 V, I
D
= 480 mA, Z
in
= Z
out
= 50
Ω
)
Freq
GHz
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
S11
dB
-0.12
-0.36
-0.78
-1.24
-1.83
-2.56
-3.48
-4.38
-5.32
-6.34
-7.32
-8.24
-9.06
-9.65
-10.03
-10.37
-10.93
-11.65
-13.22
-12.80
-10.44
-11.43
-12.32
-16.43
-33.10
-18.10
-14.60
-14.58
-15.53
-17.91
-19.92
-19.18
-24.05
-21.13
-19.80
-23.53
-17.56
-21.58
-30.34
-35.48
-17.21
-15.11
-12.25
-12.99
-15.86
-23.96
-24.63
-17.97
-14.20
-14.67
Mag
0.99
0.96
0.91
0.87
0.81
0.74
0.67
0.60
0.54
0.48
0.43
0.39
0.35
0.33
0.32
0.30
0.28
0.26
0.22
0.23
0.30
0.27
0.24
0.15
0.02
0.12
0.19
0.19
0.17
0.13
0.10
0.11
0.06
0.09
0.10
0.07
0.13
0.08
0.03
0.02
0.14
0.18
0.24
0.22
0.16
0.06
0.06
0.13
0.19
0.18
Phase
-19.15
-37.94
-56.52
-74.42
-92.28
-109.82
-126.55
-142.45
-157.40
-171.66
175.24
163.63
152.38
141.86
132.41
119.00
107.09
95.81
84.24
94.60
68.43
44.99
26.50
-13.72
4.94
116.73
72.31
36.54
16.63
8.16
17.96
10.21
-3.59
8.05
32.35
32.05
5.55
-52.01
-114.67
39.30
143.54
85.97
53.08
17.98
13.27
15.35
102.35
95.52
46.11
22.54
S21
dB
-57.32
-55.89
-44.42
-44.66
-41.91
-43.30
-46.99
-49.97
-44.20
-44.20
-39.36
-32.87
-23.89
-15.71
-8.28
-1.20
5.59
12.62
19.61
26.10
27.50
27.02
25.82
26.40
26.32
25.96
24.15
22.74
21.72
21.16
20.83
20.68
20.79
21.06
21.29
22.02
22.61
23.49
23.76
23.72
24.39
23.10
22.14
22.01
22.18
22.97
23.78
21.31
16.60
10.89
Mag
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.02
0.06
0.16
0.39
0.87
1.90
4.27
9.56
20.19
23.72
22.44
19.54
20.90
20.71
19.87
16.12
13.71
12.19
11.43
11.01
10.82
10.95
11.30
11.61
12.61
13.50
14.95
15.42
15.35
16.57
14.28
12.80
12.61
12.86
14.08
15.45
11.63
6.76
3.50
Phase
58.58
177.71
156.82
18.13
-18.02
-74.83
-110.83
-167.43
-159.52
158.06
97.29
28.85
-33.55
-84.27
-133.47
175.63
124.30
68.08
4.03
-77.51
-169.54
120.52
62.88
11.34
-44.56
-100.50
-150.08
169.71
131.45
90.73
54.44
17.84
-18.83
-54.56
-95.07
-134.69
-172.71
141.12
95.64
51.02
-2.61
-50.90
-97.36
-141.90
168.99
113.52
42.51
-33.83
-99.79
-161.82
S12
dB
-84.82
-72.13
-73.64
-68.72
-64.72
-58.52
-59.25
-53.00
-50.89
-49.45
-49.30
-47.08
-44.73
-49.04
-48.03
-43.10
-47.51
-53.58
-46.83
-47.66
-49.36
-50.90
-47.58
-44.04
-43.30
-38.62
-39.81
-39.01
-40.25
-36.88
-40.86
-42.44
-39.55
-41.21
-41.61
-42.14
-38.23
-36.12
-36.83
-43.22
-34.82
-37.12
-35.25
-34.23
-41.79
-41.13
-41.34
-38.36
-41.40
-35.04
Mag
5.74E-05
2.47E-04
2.08E-04
3.67E-04
5.81E-04
1.19E-03
1.09E-03
2.24E-03
2.86E-03
3.37E-03
3.43E-03
4.43E-03
5.80E-03
3.53E-03
3.97E-03
7.00E-03
4.21E-03
2.09E-03
4.55E-03
4.14E-03
3.40E-03
2.85E-03
4.18E-03
6.28E-03
6.84E-03
1.17E-02
1.02E-02
1.12E-02
9.71E-03
1.43E-02
9.06E-03
7.56E-03
1.05E-02
8.70E-03
8.31E-03
7.82E-03
1.23E-02
1.56E-02
1.44E-02
6.91E-03
1.81E-02
1.39E-02
1.73E-02
1.94E-02
8.14E-03
8.78E-03
8.57E-03
1.21E-02
8.51E-03
1.77E-02
Phase
70.58
12.23
58.99
-48.48
-6.62
-57.25
-84.92
-110.79
-135.83
-155.71
177.11
165.36
129.26
119.12
126.80
102.68
82.45
99.10
113.11
91.93
82.40
84.94
120.75
118.67
97.04
91.29
79.49
66.21
52.18
39.00
27.57
23.47
34.21
23.92
24.14
50.90
52.34
17.88
6.44
14.62
27.26
23.49
-1.27
-13.24
-22.34
-53.47
-30.56
50.51
-16.54
-0.97
S22
dB
-0.08
-0.26
-0.68
-0.90
-1.32
-1.83
-2.29
-2.68
-3.12
-3.65
-4.23
-4.86
-5.63
-6.55
-7.88
-9.68
-12.19
-15.60
-19.86
-25.66
-20.66
-21.88
-17.37
-30.98
-23.16
-13.22
-12.08
-12.33
-13.33
-16.66
-18.02
-16.44
-17.24
-14.43
-15.42
-18.45
-13.77
-13.62
-13.38
-20.67
-14.67
-16.35
-13.23
-13.19
-18.56
-32.37
-19.03
-13.68
-12.95
-13.34
Mag
0.99
0.97
0.92
0.90
0.86
0.81
0.77
0.73
0.70
0.66
0.61
0.57
0.52
0.47
0.40
0.33
0.25
0.17
0.10
0.05
0.09
0.08
0.14
0.03
0.07
0.22
0.25
0.24
0.22
0.15
0.13
0.15
0.14
0.19
0.17
0.12
0.20
0.21
0.21
0.09
0.18
0.15
0.22
0.22
0.12
0.02
0.11
0.21
0.23
0.22
Phase
-19.11
-38.22
-56.80
-74.40
-92.91
-110.50
-127.65
-145.11
-163.32
178.38
159.66
140.25
120.10
99.03
76.01
53.09
28.87
5.21
-26.08
-128.62
120.00
103.50
57.61
-23.98
162.95
130.94
88.55
52.53
33.17
22.40
33.03
30.73
30.21
13.79
8.85
-7.10
3.88
-41.65
-69.60
-115.14
178.89
104.61
53.80
11.28
-5.93
-162.08
168.70
119.97
55.08
30.13
Note:
1. Data obtained from on-wafer measurements.
5