VWA5000015AB

Abstract – The VWA 5000015 AB is a wide band distributed amplifier designed on a 150nm pHEMT process that operates up to 31 GHz, with flat group delay. The device is capable of more than +19 dBm saturated output power, and provides more than 13dB of gain from DC to 27 GHz with less than 1 dB of flatness. The MMIC integrates an output power detector for monitoring function. A 24 dB tap coupler delivers the image of the output level on a dedicated pad, and a peak detector is available on the die. Connecting the input of the peak detector to the tap coupler output will generate a DC signal, at the output of the detector, this help for monitoring the output signal level in the RF spectrum. A reference diode is also available for temperature reference information of the detector function.