
Excelics
EFA040A
DATA SHEET
Low Di stortion GaAs Power FET
• +23.0dBm TYPICAL OUTPUT POWER
• 10.5 dB T YPICAL POWER GAIN AT 12GHz
• 0.3 X 400 MICRON RECESSED “MUSH ROOM” GATE
• Si
• ADVANCED EPITAXIAL DOPING PROFILE
PROVIDES HIGH PO W ER E FFICIENCY ,
LINEARITY AND RELIABILITY
• Idss SORTED IN 10mA PER BIN RANGE
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Ta = 25 OC)
SYMBOLS PARAMETERS/TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNIT
P
G
PAE
Idss
PASSIVATION
3N4
1dB
1dB
Chip Thicknes s: 75 ± 13 microns
All Dimensions In Microns
Output Power at 1dB Compression f=12GHz
Vds=8V, Ids=50% Idss f=18GHz
Gain at 1dB Compression f=12GHz
Vds=8V, Ids=50% Idss f=18GHz
Gain at 1dB Compression
Vds=8V, Ids=50% Idss f=12GHz
Saturated Drain Current Vds=3V, Vgs=0V 60 105 160 mA
21.0 23.0
9.0 10.5
'
*
66
23.0
8.0
35
dBm
dB
%
Gm
Vp
BVgd
BVgs
Rth
Transconductance Vds=3V, Vgs=0V 45 60 mS
Pinch-off Voltage Vds=3V, Ids=1.0 mA -2.0 -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 Attach) 105
MAXIMUM RATINGS AT 25OC
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
10mA
22dBm
175oC
-65/175oC
1.3W
8V
-4V
135mA
2mA
@ 3dB Compression
150oC
-65/150oC
1.1W
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EFA040A
DATA SHEET
Low Distortion GaAs Power FET
S-PARAMETERS
8V, 1/2 Idss
FREQ --- S11 --- --- S21 --- --- S12 --- --- S22 --(GHz) MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG
1.0 0.989 -21.4 4.677 163.5 0.019 78.1 0.665 -7.4
2.0 0.970 -41.5 4.457 149.3 0.036 67.0 0.646 -15.3
3.0 0.942 -60.3 4.164 135.7 0.049 56.3 0.615 -22.4
4.0 0.915 -77.6 3.845 123.2 0.060 47.3 0.584 -29.1
5.0 0.888 -94.0 3.529 111.1 0.068 38.6 0.550 -36.2
6.0 0.870 -107.0 3.204 100.9 0.072 32.1 0.526 -42.3
7.0 0.856 -118.1 2.914 91.6 0.075 27.0 0.508 -48.4
8.0 0.846 -127.2 2.663 83.2 0.077 21.2 0.496 -54.3
9.0 0.840 -135.1 2.442 75.5 0.078 16.6 0.487 -60.1
10.0 0.834 -142.0 2.258 68.4 0.077 13.1 0.482 -65.4
11.0 0.833 -148.6 2.115 61.5 0.078 10.0 0.478 -70.9
12.0 0.829 -154.2 1.985 54.8 0.078 6.9 0.476 -76.3
13.0 0.828 -160.2 1.880 48.1 0.078 3.7 0.471 -81.7
14.0 0.826 -166.5 1.799 41.4 0.079 1.1 0.465 -86.7
15.0 0.823 -173.0 1.721 34.6 0.079 -1.5 0.457 -92.5
16.0 0.824 180.0 1.652 27.4 0.080 -4.8 0.446 -98.7
17.0 0.823 172.7 1.583 19.9 0.082 -7.8 0.434 -106.0
18.0 0.822 165.6 1.510 12.5 0.082 -10.9 0.422 -114.2
19.0 0.824 159.0 1.436 5.0 0.082 -13.6 0.412 -123.8
20.0 0.827 153.0 1.358 -2.3 0.083 -16.4 0.409 -134.1
21.0 0.845 151.3 1.218 -8.6 0.078 -18.8 0.445 -148.8
22.0 0.853 148.1 1.144 -14.9 0.076 -20.1 0.467 -158.9
23.0 0.859 145.0 1.073 -20.7 0.076 -19.7 0.496 -166.3
24.0 0.862 143.0 1.012 -26.4 0.073 -20.1 0.533 -173.2
25.0 0.870 141.1 0.965 -31.9 0.074 -18.3 0.565 -179.5
26.0 0.866 139.5 0.915 -36.9 0.074 -17.5 0.595 176.0
1 gate wires, 15 mils each; 1 drain wires, 20 mils each; 4 source wires, 7 mils each.
Note: The data included 0.7 mils diameter Au bonding wires: