학술논문

S2-T6: Microchannel cooled, high power GaN-on-Diamond MMIC
Document Type
Conference
Source
2014 Lester Eastman Conference on High Performance Devices (LEC) Lester Eastman Conference on High Performance Devices (LEC), 2014. :1-5 Aug, 2014
Subject
Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
General Topics for Engineers
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
MMICs
Radio frequency
Transistors
Diamonds
Reliability
Cooling
Substrates
GaN-on-Diamond MMICs
power amplifier
liquid phase micro-channel coooler
Language
Abstract
In this work, we report on an innovative approach which integrates GaN-on-Diamond microstrip MMICs with a state-of-the-art microchannel cooler and provides a significant thermal advantage for high power GaN applications. Specifically, we describe efforts to develop a wide bandwidth, GaN-on-Diamond MMIC power amplifier that achieves greater than 3x RF power density compared to GaN on SiC while operating at a MMIC heat flux of >1kW/cm 2 and maintaining junction temperatures below the estimated targets to achieve 10 6 hrs lifetime by employing a high performance, liquid phase, microchannel cooler capable of a volumetric heat dissipation rate of >10kW/cm 3 . To date, no prior work has been reported for GaN-on-Diamond microstrip MMICs.