Rapid Automated Optimization of a 10-Watt Millimeter-Wave MMIC Power Amplifier

Haodong Li; Zhiwei Liang; Zeyuan Yu; Lixiang Ding; Xiaopeng Zhang; Cetian Wang; Hao Zhang; He Guan

doi:10.1109/IMWS-AMP66175.2025.11136559

Rapid Automated Optimization of a 10-Watt Millimeter-Wave MMIC Power Amplifier

Haodong Li
, Zhiwei Liang
, Zeyuan Yu
, Lixiang Ding
, Xiaopeng Zhang
, Cetian Wang
, Hao Zhang
, He Guan

School of Microelectronics

Northwestern Polytechnical University Xian
North-China Integrated Circuit Co. Ltd

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Abstract

This paper presents a rapid automated design methodology for MMIC Power Amplifiers (PA), and a three-stage Ka-band balanced power amplifier (BPA) is designed using this method. The proposed method employs the Implicit Space Mapping Algorithm (ISM) to shift the layout optimization burden to the schematic, where the schematic is optimized using the Simulated Annealing Algorithm (SA). The entire optimization process is automated through MATLAB, which integrates and calls the ADS and CST software. The MMIC designed by this method has a small signal gain of 20 dB in the frequency range of 37 - 44 GHz, a power - added efficiency (PAE) of 25% at a peak output power (Psat) of 10 W, and the chip size of only 2.5×3

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2025 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications, IMWS-AMP 2025
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Edition	2025
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331525347
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IMWS-AMP66175.2025.11136559
State	Published - 2025
Event	2025 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications, IMWS-AMP 2025 - Wuxi, China Duration: 23 Jul 2025 → 26 Jul 2025

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Conference	2025 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications, IMWS-AMP 2025
Country/Territory	China
City	Wuxi
Period	23/07/25 → 26/07/25

Keywords

Automated circuit design
Implicit space mapping
Millimeter-wave monolithic Power Amplifier (MMIC)

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Li, H., Liang, Z., Yu, Z., Ding, L., Zhang, X., Wang, C., Zhang, H., & Guan, H. (2025). Rapid Automated Optimization of a 10-Watt Millimeter-Wave MMIC Power Amplifier. In 2025 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications, IMWS-AMP 2025 (2025 ed.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IMWS-AMP66175.2025.11136559

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Rapid Automated Optimization of a 10-Watt Millimeter-Wave MMIC Power Amplifier. / Li, Haodong; Liang, Zhiwei; Yu, Zeyuan et al.
2025 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications, IMWS-AMP 2025. 2025. ed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2025.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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