
Excelics
EFA025A
DATA SHEET
Low Di stortion GaAs Power FET
• +21.0dBm TYPICAL OUTPUT POWER
• 11.0dB T YPICAL POWER GAIN AT 12GHz
• TYPICAL 1.5 dB NOISE FIGURE AND 10 dB ASSOCIATED
GAIN AT 12GHz
• 0.3 X 250 MICRON RECESSED “MUSH ROOM” GATE
• Si
• ADVANCED EPITAXIAL DOPING PROFILE
PROVIDES HIGH PO W ER E FFICIENCY ,
LINEARITY AND RELIABILITY
• Idss SORTED IN 5mA PER BIN RANG E
PASSIVATION
3N4
Chip Thickness: 75 ± 13 microns
All Dimensions In Microns
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Ta = 25 OC)
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 21
1dB
Vds=8V, Ids=50% Idss f=18GHz
Gain at 1dB Compression f=12GHz 11
1dB
Vds=8V, Ids=50% Idss f=18GHz
Power Added e fficiency at 1dB Compression
Vds=8V, Ids=50% Idss f=12GHz
Noise Figure Vds=3V,Ids=15mA f=12GHz 1.5 dB
Associated Gain Vds=3V,Ids=15mA f=12GHz 10 dB
Saturat ed Drai n Curre nt Vds=3V, Vgs=0V 35 65 105 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=1.0mA -12 -15 V
Source Breakdown Voltage Igs=1.0mA -7 -14 V
Thermal Resistance ( Au-Sn Eutectic Attac h) 155
19
21
9
38
MAXIMUM RATINGS AT 25OC
''
6
*
dBm
dB
9
%
*
6
o
C/W
SYMBOLS PARAMETERS ABSOLUTE1 CONTINUOUS2
Vds
Vgs
Ids
Igsf
Pin
Tch
Tstg
Pt
Note: 1. Exceeding any of th e above ratings may result in permanent damage.
2. E xceedin g any of the above ratin gs may reduce MTTF below design goals.
Drain-Source Voltage
Gate-Source Voltage
Drain Current
Forward Gate Current
Input Power
Channel Temperature
Storage Temperature
Total Power Dissipation
12V
-8V
Idss
6mA
19dBm
175oC
-65/175oC
880mW
8V
-4V
90mA
1mA
@ 3dB Compression
150oC
-65/150oC
730mW
Excelics Semiconductor, Inc., 2908 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Phone: (408) 970-8664 Fax: (408) 970-8998 Web Site: www.excelics.com

EFA025A
P-1dB & PAE vs. Vds
f = 12 GHz
Ids =50% Idss
25
20
15
10
P-1dB (dBm)
5
0
45678910
Drain-Source Voltage (V)
DATA SHEET
60
55
50
45
40
PAE (%)
35
30
25
20
Low Distortion GaAs Power FET
f = 12 GHz
Vds = 8 V, Ids = 50% Idss
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
Pout (dBm) or PAE (%)
5
0
-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20
Pout & PAE vs. Pin
PAE
Pout
Pin (dBm)
S-PARAMETERS
3V, 15mA 8V,Idss
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 0.995 -13.5 3.600 168.7 0.023 81.5 0.606 -8.1
2.0 0.976 -26.7 3.527 158.2 0.044 72.7 0.595 -15.9
3.0 0.957 -39.7 3.434 148.1 0.064 64.8 0.569 -24.3
4.0 0.931 -53.0 3.313 137.7 0.081 57.1 0.544 -33.3
5.0 0.906 -63.9 3.119 128.8 0.094 50.5 0.536 -41.2
6.0 0.875 -74.0 2.938 120.2 0.106 44.0 0.512 -48.3
7.0 0.846 -84.0 2.796 111.9 0.116 38.1 0.496 -57.0
8.0 0.818 -93.6 2.625 103.9 0.124 32.4 0.484 -64.2
9.0 0.797 -102.4 2.468 96.8 0.129 27.4 0.475 -69.6
10.0 0.781 -110.6 2.330 90.0 0.133 22.2 0.456 -75.0
11.0 0.762 -119.0 2.206 83.1 0.137 17.6 0.448 -81.0
12.0 0.752 -127.5 2.075 76.5 0.139 13.3 0.429 -86.0
13.0 0.749 -134.0 1.940 70.6 0.138 9.3 0.432 -92.2
14.0 0.747 -138.4 1.825 65.8 0.137 6.7 0.444 -93.6
15.0 0.745 -142.8 1.763 61.5 0.140 4.3 0.432 -93.1
16.0 0.738 -150.1 1.728 55.4 0.145 0.7 0.399 -99.1
17.0 0.729 -157.5 1.648 49.0 0.147 -3.4 0.400 -107.7
18.0 0.727 -163.1 1.574 43.9 0.147 -6.1 0.397 -110.9
19.0 0.729 -167.9 1.532 38.6 0.150 -8.7 0.376 -117.7
20.0 0.718 -173.0 1.482 32.5 0.152 -12.3 0.386 -129.5
21.0 0.709 -175.0 1.429 28.1 0.153 -14.5 0.393 -134.4
22.0 0.709 178.6 1.365 22.5 0.153 -17.5 0.386 -142.4
23.0 0.706 173.1 1.295 16.6 0.150 -20.2 0.403 -150.8
24.0 0.714 166.8 1.211 11.0 0.145 -23.3 0.434 -158.6
25.0 0.735 162.8 1.147 6.6 0.141 -24.7 0.455 -160.4
26.0 0.738 161.3 1.056 2.9 0.132 -26.2 0.490 -165.6
Note: The data included 0.7 mils diameter Au bonding wires:
2 gate wires, 15 mils each; 2 drain wires, 20 mils each; 4 source wires, 7 mils each.
S-PARAMETERS
1.0 0.96 -14.6 4.413 167.5 0.017 52.8 0.699 -5.5
2.0 0.954 -29.2 4.255 156.5 0.031 58.8 0.698 -12.1
3.0 0.923 -42.9 4.083 145.2 0.044 56.1 0.684 -18.9
4.0 0.898 -55.1 3.865 135.2 0.054 51.5 0.665 -25.3
5.0 0.871 -66.3 3.651 125.5 0.063 46.3 0.644 -31.6
6.0 0.848 -76.4 3.422 116.7 0.069 42.2 0.625 -37.4
7.0 0.824 -85.7 3.203 108.7 0.074 37.8 0.608 -43.0
8.0 0.811 -94.4 3.021 100.7 0.078 32.7 0.595 -48.7
9.0 0.785 -102.5 2.81 93.5 0.08 27.9 0.577 -54.0
10.0 0.77 -109.7 2.639 87.0 0.079 23.8 0.564 -58.7
11.0 0.762 -116.6 2.49 80.6 0.08 20.3 0.553 -63.4
12.0 0.756 -123.4 2.358 74.1 0.079 17.6 0.541 -67.9
13.0 0.757 -129.6 2.239 68.2 0.081 13.9 0.531 -72.3
14.0 0.756 -135.5 2.136 62.2 0.08 11.7 0.517 -76.9
15.0 0.761 -140.7 2.051 56.3 0.079 8.7 0.506 -82.2
16.0 0.762 -146.0 1.965 50.0 0.082 7.9 0.496 -88.9
17.0 0.763 -150.2 1.891 44.2 0.084 5.2 0.477 -96.8
18.0 0.766 -154.6 1.837 38.0 0.087 3.9 0.465 -106.0
19.0 0.762 -158.5 1.775 31.4 0.089 1.7 0.462 -115.8
20.0 0.751 -162.4 1.7 24.6 0.092 -0.7 0.465 -127.1
21.0 0.73 -165.4 1.594 18.2 0.093 -3.3 0.473 -138.2
22.0 0.71 -167.8 1.52 12.8 0.093 -3.1 0.489 -148.5
23.0 0.707 -169.4 1.457 7.9 0.093 -0.8 0.519 -156.4
24.0 0.71 -171.7 1.41 2.5 0.097 -0.2 0.555 -163.8
25.0 0.72 -175.6 1.351 -3.6 0.101 2.4 0.578 -170.1
26.0 0.712 -178.1 1.29 -7.2 0.103 3.8 0.603 -173.3

EFA025A
DATA SHEET
Low Distortion GaAs Power FET
EFA025A
Noise Parameters
Vds=3V, Ids=15mA
Freq. Popt Nfmin
(GHz) (MAG) (ANG) (dB) Rn/50
2 0.71 17 0.53 0.58
4 0.67 35 0.65 0.52
6 0.81 48 0.85 0.49
8 0.71 63 1.05 0.44
10 0.65 79 1.35 0.38
12 0.70 95 1.55 0.34
14 0.65 105 1.90 0.29
16 0.61 120 2.25 0.25
18 0.70 135 2.60 0.17
20 0.65 145 2.90 0.15
22 0.64 153 3.20 0.12
24 0.69 164 3.50 0.08
26 0.70 175 3.80 0.05