
Excelics
EPA480B/EPA480BV
PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET
High Efficiency Heterojunction Power FET
+35.5dBm TYPICAL OUTPUT POWER
•
7.5dB TYPICAL POWER GAIN FOR EPA480B AND
•
12.0dB FOR EPA480BV AT 12GHz
0.4X 4800 MICRON RECESSED “MUSHROOM” GATE
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Si3N4 PASSIVATION
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ADVANCED EPITAXIAL DOPING PROFILE
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PROVIDES HIGH POWER EFFICIENCY,
40
LINEARITY AND RELIABILITY
EPA480BV WITH VIA HOLE SOURCE GROUNDING
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Idss SORTED IN 120mA PER BIN RANGE
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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Ta = 25 OC)
SYMBOLS PARAMETERS/TEST CONDITIONS
P
1dB
G
1dB
PAE
Idss
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 Compre s s io n
Vds=8V, Ids=50% Idss f=12GHz
Saturated Drain Current Vds=3V, Vgs=0V 880 1440 1880 880 1440 1880 mA
EPA480B
MIN TYP MAX MIN TYP MAX
34.0 35.5 34.0 35.5
6.0
D
G
95
Chip Thickness: 50 ± 10 microns
(with >20micons Gold Plated Heat Sink (PHS))
All Dimensions In Microns
:
7.5
40
960
156
50
D
GGG
120
45
DD
Via Hole
No Via Hole For EPA480B
EPA480BV
35.5
10.0
12.0
9.5
45
48
420
110
UNIT
dBm
dB
%
Gm
Vp
BVgd
BVgs
Rth
Transconductance Vds=3V, Vgs=0V 960 1520 960 1520 mS
Pinch-off Voltage Vds=3V, Ids=14mA -1.0 -2.5 -1.0 -2.5 V
Drain Breakdown Voltage Igd=4.8mA -11 -15 -11 -15 V
Source Breakdown Voltage Igs=4.8mA -7 -14 -7 -14 V
Thermal Resistance (Au-Sn Eutectic Attach) 10 8
MAXIMUM RATINGS AT 25OC
SYMBOLS
ABSOLUTE1 CONTINUOUS2 ABSOLUTE1 CONTINUOUS2
Vds
Vgs
Ids
Igsf
Pin
Tch
Tstg
Pt
PARAMETERS
Drain-Source Voltage 12V 8V 12V 8V
Gate-Source Voltage -8V -3V -8V -3V
Drain Current Idss 1.4A Idss 1.75A
Forward Gate Current 240mA 40mA 240mA 40mA
Input Power 33dBm @ 3dB
Channel Temperature 175
Storage Temperature -65/175
Total Power Dissipation 14W 11W 17W 14W
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.
EPA480B
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C 150oC 175oC 150oC
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C -65/150oC -65/175oC -65/150oC
33dBm @ 3dB
Compression
EPA480BV
Compression
Excelics Semiconductor, Inc., 2908 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Phone: (408) 970-8664 Fax: (408) 970-8998 Web Site: www.excelics.com
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EPA480B/EPA480BV
PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET
S-PARAMETERS
EPA480B 8V, 1/2 Idss
FREQ --- S11 --- --- S21 --- --- S12 --- --- S22 --(GHz) MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG
0.500 0.923 -153.6 13.123 99.4 0.019 17.3 0.557 -165.5
1.000 0.920 -167.7 6.682 89.5 0.019 15.1 0.570 -170.6
2.000 0.919 -176.1 3.342 79.1 0.020 20.4 0.581 -171.4
3.000 0.920 -179.8 2.214 71.0 0.020 27.7 0.594 -170.2
4.000 0.922 177.5 1.644 63.7 0.022 35.3 0.611 -168.8
5.000 0.923 175.3 1.298 56.8 0.023 42.5 0.631 -167.6
6.000 0.925 173.3 1.065 50.2 0.025 49.0 0.653 -166.7
7.000 0.927 171.4 0.896 44.0 0.028 54.6 0.675 -166.1
8.000 0.930 169.6 0.768 38.2 0.031 59.3 0.698 -165.8
9.000 0.932 167.9 0.667 32.7 0.035 63.0 0.721 -165.7
10.000 0.934 166.1 0.585 27.6 0.038 65.8 0.742 -165.8
S-PARAMETERS
EPA480BV 8V, 1/2 Idss
FREQ --- S11 --- --- S21 --- --- S12 --- --- S22 --(GHz) MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG
1.0 0.941 -156.9 8.989 96.7 0.013 18.0 0.666 -174.6
2.0 0.948 -170.0 4.575 84.1 0.014 15.0 0.675 -176.9
3.0 0.952 -176.1 3.030 75.8 0.013 14.9 0.686 -176.2
4.0 0.951 -179.7 2.237 68.8 0.013 18.3 0.699 -175.1
5.0 0.956 176.7 1.718 63.1 0.013 22.1 0.722 -172.7
6.0 0.962 175.6 1.390 57.8 0.012 27.2 0.736 -171.5
7.0 0.965 176.1 1.163 53.3 0.012 31.5 0.755 -171.0
8.0 0.966 177.9 0.992 49.3 0.012 37.6 0.772 -171.9
9.0 0.972 179.6 0.863 45.6 0.012 41.0 0.789 -172.3
10.0 0.967 -179.0 0.760 42.0 0.011 45.2 0.805 -172.8
11.0 0.969 -177.8 0.682 38.8 0.012 47.5 0.816 -173.1
12.0 0.969 -177.3 0.613 35.3 0.012 51.2 0.818 -173.6
14.0 0.965 178.4 0.511 27.6 0.014 52.8 0.827 -172.3
16.0 0.970 169.2 0.438 18.0 0.014 46.9 0.854 -170.5
18.0 0.972 158.8 0.367 7.9 0.013 37.8 0.870 -170.6
20.0 0.979 152.1 0.299 -1.2 0.013 41.1 0.877 -172.8
22.0 0.969 163.2 0.233 -6.9 0.014 32.2 0.922 171.4
24.0 0.978 158.9 0.192 -10.9 0.015 39.3 0.923 175.7
26.0 0.977 158.9 0.169 -11.6 0.018 44.7 0.934 180.0
High Efficiency Heterojunction Power FET
Note: The data included 0.7 mils diameter Au bonding wires; 4 gate wires, 15 mils each; 4 drain wires, 20 mils each;
10 source wires, 7 mils each; no source wires for EPA480BV.