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    An MMIC low-noise amplifier design technique
    (IEEE, 2016-03) Varonen, M.; Reeves, R.; Kangaslahti, P.; Samoska, L.; Kooi, J. W.; Cleary, K.; Gawande, R. S.; Akgiray, Ahmed Halid; Fung, A.; Gaier, T.; Weinreb, S.; Readhead, A. C. S.; Lawrence, C.; Sarkozy, S.; Lai, R.; Electrical & Electronics Engineering; AKGİRAY, Ahmed Halid
    In this paper we discuss the design of low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) for both cryogenic and room-temperature operation in general and take the stability and linearity of the amplifiers into special consideration. Oscillations that can occur within a multi-finger transistor are studied and verified with simulations and measurements. To overcome the stability problem related to the multi-finger transistor design approach a parallel two-finger unit transistor monolithic microwave integrated circuit LNA design technique, which enables the design of wideband and high-linearity LNAs with very stable, predictable, and repeatable operation, is proposed. The feasibility of the proposed design technique is proved by demonstrating a three-stage LNA packaged in a WR10 waveguide housing and fabricated using a 35-nm InP HEMT technology that achieves more than a 20-dB gain from 75 to 116 GHz and 26-33-K noise temperature from 85 to 116 GHz when cryogenically cooled to 27 K.