Wolfspeed 2-W, 20-MHz – 6000-MHz, GaN HEMT MMIC Power Amplifier CMPA0060002D

Wolfspeed’s CMPA0060002D is a gallium-nitride (GaN) HEMT-based monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC). GaN has superior properties compared to silicon or gallium arsenide, including higher breakdown voltage, higher saturated electron drift velocity and higher thermal conductivity. GaN HEMTs also offer greater power density and wider bandwidths compared to Si and GaAs transistors. This MMIC employs a distributed (traveling-wave) amplifier design approach, enabling extremely wide bandwidths to be achieved in a small footprint.