
Excelics EFB025A
PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET
General Purpose GaAs FET
•• +18.5dBm TYPICAL OUTPUT POWER
•• 11.0dB TYPICAL POWER GAIN AT 12GHz
•• TYPICAL 1.3 dB NOISE FIGURE AND 11 dB ASSOCIATED
GAIN AT 12GHz
•• 0.3 X 250 MICRON RECESSED “MUSHROOM” GATE
•• Si3N4 PASSIVATION
40
•• ADVANCED EPITAXIAL DOPING PROFILE
PROVIDES HIGH POWER EFFICIENCY,
LINEARITY AND RELIABILITY
•• Idss SORTED IN 5mA PER BIN RANGE
59 78
Chip Thickness: 75 ± 13 microns
All Dimensions In Microns
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Ta = 25 OC)
SYMBOLS PARAMETERS/TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNIT
P
1dB
G
1dB
NF
GA
Idss
Gm
Vp
BVgd
BVgs
Rth
Output Power at 1dB Compression f=12GHz 18.5
Vds=6V, Ids=50% Idss f=18GHz
Gain at 1dB Compression f=12GHz 11
Vds=6V, Ids=50% Idss f=18GHz
Noise Figure Vds=3V,Ids=15mA f=12GHz 1.3 dB
Associated Gain Vds=3V,Ids=15mA f=12GHz 11 dB
Saturated Drain Current Vds=3V, Vgs=0V 35 65 105 mA
Transconductance Vds=3V, Vgs=0V 40 60 mS
Pinch-off Voltage Vds=3V, Ids=1.0mA -1.5 -3.0 V
Drain Breakdown Voltage Igd=100uA -5.5 -8.5 V
Source Breakdown Voltage Igs=100uA -5.5 -8.5 V
Thermal Resistance (Au-Sn Eutectic Attach) 155
17
9
18.5
9
MAXIMUM RATINGS AT 25OC
50
D D
S
420
104
G
50
S
G
dBm
dB
o
C/W
48
260
90
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 -6V -4V
Drain Current Idss
Idss
Forward Gate Current 6mA 1mA
Input Power 16dBm @ 3dB Compression
Channel Temperature 175oC 150oC
Storage Temperature -65/175oC -65/150oC
Total Power Dissipation 880mW 730mW
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EFB025A
PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET
General Purpose GaAs FET
S-PARAMETERS
6V,Idss
FREQ --- S11 --- --- S21 --- --- S12 --- --- S22 --(GHz) MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG
1.0 0.959 -15.7 5.152 166.7 0.018 62.0 0.655 -6.9
2.0 0.938 -30.7 5.002 155.2 0.034 62.8 0.640 -15.2
3.0 0.912 -44.3 4.745 144.2 0.048 57.5 0.628 -24.3
4.0 0.886 -56.8 4.460 134.8 0.060 52.3 0.609 -28.9
5.0 0.867 -68.2 4.277 126.5 0.071 48.0 0.580 -34.2
6.0 0.823 -78.5 3.995 116.6 0.078 41.7 0.563 -45.7
7.0 0.808 -87.9 3.699 108.9 0.084 36.8 0.565 -48.7
8.0 0.795 -97.9 3.543 102.3 0.091 32.9 0.515 -49.9
9.0 0.769 -107.9 3.371 93.9 0.097 27.4 0.469 -60.5
10.0 0.749 -115.8 3.140 86.7 0.098 22.5 0.470 -67.9
11.0 0.743 -124.1 2.971 80.1 0.100 19.3 0.444 -71.6
12.0 0.727 -131.1 2.771 73.4 0.101 15.5 0.440 -79.6
13.0 0.731 -137.8 2.613 68.3 0.101 12.7 0.439 -77.4
14.0 0.738 -145.6 2.541 61.9 0.105 9.2 0.352 -83.7
15.0 0.705 -152.3 2.364 54.0 0.103 4.2 0.387 -108.7
16.0 0.705 -155.6 2.141 50.7 0.098 4.6 0.490 -99.8
17.0 0.731 -160.8 2.122 47.6 0.103 4.6 0.412 -85.9
18.0 0.719 -168.3 2.091 39.2 0.107 -0.7 0.327 -116.4
19.0 0.694 -171.2 1.896 34.1 0.102 -2.3 0.473 -122.7
20.0 0.708 -173.8 1.834 33.0 0.104 -0.9 0.472 -103.1
21.0 0.716 -177.8 1.894 27.1 0.114 -3.0 0.328 -115.7
22.0 0.696 176.6 1.782 19.6 0.111 -6.9 0.406 -140.1
23.0 0.693 172.5 1.673 15.8 0.110 -7.4 0.431 -134.3
24.0 0.692 168.0 1.653 10.2 0.113 -8.9 0.401 -147.1
25.0 0.687 163.5 1.531 4.4 0.109 -10.7 0.473 -156.4
26.0 0.710 160.7 1.520 0.4 0.113 -11.1 0.439 -150.6
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.