
Excelics EFA024A
Power Added efficiency at 1dB Compression
•• +18.0dBm TYPICAL OUTPUT POWER
•• 11.0dB TYPICAL POWER GAIN AT 12GHz
•• TYPICAL 1.6 dB NOISE FIGURE AND 10 dB ASSOCIATED
GAIN AT 12GHz
•• 0.3 X 240 MICRON RECESSED “MUSHROOM” GATE
•• Si
•• ADVANCED EPITAXIAL DOPING PROFILE
PROVIDES HIGH POWER EFFICIENCY,
LINEARITY AND RELIABILITY
•• Idss SORTED IN 5mA PER BIN RANGE
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Ta = 25 OC)
MAXIMUM RATINGS AT 25OC
PASSIVATION
3N4
SYMBOLS PARAMETERS/TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNIT
P
G
PAE
NF
GA
Idss
Gm
Vp
BVgd
BVgs
Rth
Output Power at 1dB Compression f=12GHz 18
1dB
Vds=6V, Ids=50% Idss f=18GHz
Gain at 1dB Compression f=12GHz 11
1dB
Vds=6V, Ids=50% Idss f=18GHz
Vds=6V, Ids=50% Idss f=12GHz
Noise Figure Vds=3V,Ids=15mA f=12GHz 1.6 dB
Associated Gain Vds=3V,Ids=15mA f=12GHz 10 dB
Saturated Drain Current Vds=3V, Vgs=0V 35 60 85 mA
Transconductance Vds=3V, Vgs=0V 30 40 mS
Pinch-off Voltage Vds=3V, Ids=1.0mA -2 -3.5 V
Drain Breakdown Voltage Igd=100uA -8 -12 V
Source Breakdown Voltage Igs=100uA -6 -11 V
Thermal Resistance (Au-Sn Eutectic Attach) 135
PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET
Low Distortion GaAs Power FET
S S S
D D
16
9
G G
18
9
30
Chip Thickness: 75 ± 13 microns
All Dimensions In Microns
dBm
dB
%
o
C/W
SYMBOLS PARAMETERS ABSOLUTE1 CONTINUOUS2
Vds
Vgs
Ids
Igsf
Pin
Tch
Tstg
Pt
Note: 1. Exceeding any of the above ratings may result in permanent damage.
2. Exceeding any of the above ratings may reduce MTTF below design goals.
Drain-Source Voltage 10V 6V
Gate-Source Voltage -8V -4V
Drain Current Idss Idss
Forward Gate Current 6mA 1mA
Input Power 19dBm @ 3dB Compression
Channel Temperature 175oC 150oC
Storage Temperature -65/175oC -65/150oC
Total Power Dissipation 1W 830mW
Excelics Semiconductor, Inc., 2908 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Phone: (408) 970-8664 Fax: (408) 970-8998 Web Site: www.excelics.com

EFA024A
PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET
Low Distortion GaAs Power FET
S-PARAMETERS S-PARAMETERS
3V, 15mA 6V,1/2Idss
FREQ --- S11 --- --- S21 --- --- S12 --- --- S22 --- FREQ --- S11 --- --- S21 --- --- S12 --- --- S22 --(GHz) MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG (GHz) MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG
1.0 0.998 -11.6 3.455 169.4 0.019 80.9 0.715 -7.2 1.0 0.990 -12.5 3.579 168.3 0.012 81.1 0.807 -5.3
2.0 0.984 -23.2 3.398 160.1 0.036 74.2 0.702 -13.8 2.0 0.977 -25.3 3.516 158.5 0.025 74.8 0.801 -10.6
3.0 0.972 -34.2 3.356 151.3 0.054 67.8 0.687 -19.6 3.0 0.961 -37.5 3.459 149.2 0.036 68.2 0.788 -14.8
4.0 0.950 -44.8 3.231 142.7 0.068 61.5 0.686 -27.8 4.0 0.941 -49.2 3.324 139.4 0.045 61.1 0.783 -21.5
5.0 0.927 -53.9 3.002 133.9 0.079 55.3 0.677 -32.9 5.0 0.920 -59.3 3.055 130.4 0.051 55.2 0.778 -26.2
6.0 0.908 -65.5 2.966 125.3 0.092 49.0 0.637 -36.8 6.0 0.902 -72.1 2.990 121.3 0.059 49.9 0.748 -27.6
7.0 0.878 -75.5 2.918 117.6 0.105 43.3 0.609 -44.2 7.0 0.878 -82.5 2.943 113.3 0.068 45.2 0.720 -32.5
8.0 0.859 -81.6 2.669 110.1 0.108 37.7 0.606 -51.2 8.0 0.865 -88.2 2.674 105.6 0.069 40.5 0.717 -39.6
9.0 0.853 -90.4 2.498 102.9 0.114 32.3 0.582 -53.6 9.0 0.859 -96.2 2.473 98.4 0.071 35.4 0.707 -42.1
10.0 0.835 -99.4 2.415 96.2 0.120 27.5 0.544 -57.1 10.0 0.843 -104.7 2.388 91.7 0.074 30.6 0.678 -45.2
11.0 0.827 -106.4 2.294 89.5 0.123 23.1 0.527 -62.9 11.0 0.837 -110.5 2.264 85.0 0.075 27.8 0.670 -50.8
12.0 0.815 -114.4 2.186 83.0 0.127 18.1 0.500 -67.0 12.0 0.824 -117.6 2.159 78.4 0.078 24.3 0.652 -54.5
13.0 0.799 -120.5 2.100 76.9 0.131 14.2 0.484 -75.5 13.0 0.808 -122.8 2.092 72.1 0.080 20.6 0.643 -62.9
14.0 0.796 -123.4 1.901 72.1 0.127 11.5 0.515 -79.5 14.0 0.803 -125.6 1.881 66.3 0.076 17.6 0.672 -69.2
15.0 0.816 -134.9 1.817 65.9 0.127 7.0 0.492 -74.4 15.0 0.814 -137.5 1.782 60.2 0.077 15.0 0.675 -64.7
16.0 0.802 -146.3 1.910 58.4 0.142 2.0 0.416 -83.9 16.0 0.803 -149.5 1.897 52.5 0.085 11.3 0.616 -69.2
17.0 0.752 -139.3 1.791 54.4 0.142 0.3 0.477 -105.8 17.0 0.766 -143.3 1.783 46.6 0.086 8.7 0.651 -89.0
18.0 0.773 -145.1 1.562 50.2 0.130 -1.6 0.540 -98.6 18.0 0.784 -149.9 1.506 42.6 0.077 8.4 0.713 -85.2
19.0 0.776 -163.9 1.620 43.2 0.141 -6.2 0.462 -87.8 19.0 0.789 -168.5 1.545 36.7 0.084 6.1 0.672 -72.2
20.0 0.729 -171.0 1.607 33.7 0.148 -12.9 0.452 -118.6 20.0 0.760 -175.1 1.583 25.9 0.091 -0.6 0.630 -95.3
21.0 0.715 -168.2 1.559 32.7 0.150 -12.3 0.529 -113.0 21.0 0.753 -173.0 1.505 24.3 0.092 1.2 0.689 -94.8
22.0 0.733 -167.4 1.470 30.0 0.147 -12.6 0.487 -113.4 22.0 0.767 -170.3 1.423 22.6 0.092 3.2 0.669 -95.5
23.0 0.737 179.0 1.398 20.7 0.148 -18.8 0.459 -125.1 23.0 0.772 177.9 1.371 12.9 0.093 -3.0 0.634 -106.0
24.0 0.736 175.2 1.353 17.6 0.149 -19.7 0.500 -123.0 24.0 0.768 174.8 1.329 8.9 0.096 -3.1 0.671 -108.4
25.0 0.751 174.5 1.306 13.3 0.148 -20.7 0.431 -130.3 25.0 0.776 175.3 1.303 4.5 0.098 -2.8 0.633 -115.5
26.0 0.746 166.7 1.241 5.3 0.145 -26.7 0.482 -148.0 26.0 0.769 167.3 1.234 -6.0 0.097 -8.8 0.668 -133.3
Note: The data included 0.7 mils diameter Au bonding wires:
2 gate wires, 15 mils each; 2 drain wires, 20 mils each; 6 source wires, 10 mils each.