High-frequency amplifier, radio communication device, and radar device
A high-frequency amplifier includes: a common-source transistor that has gate fingers, drain fingers, and source fingers, amplifies a signal applied to each of the gate fingers as a signal to be amplified, and outputs an amplified signal from each of the drain fingers; a common-gate transistor that has source fingers connected to the drain fingers of the common-source transistor, drain fingers, and gate fingers, and amplifies the amplified signal output from each of the drain fingers of the common-source transistor; a gate bus bar connected to the gate fingers of the common-gate transistor; and capacitors each having a first end connected to the gate bus bar and a second end grounded: wherein the capacitors are arranged at respective positions where impedances obtained by looking toward the respective capacitors from the respective gate fingers of the common-gate transistor are equal to each other.
1. A high-frequency amplifier comprising:
a common-source transistor that has a plurality of gate fingers, a plurality of drain fingers, and a plurality of source fingers, amplifies a signal applied to each of the gate fingers as a signal to be amplified, and outputs an amplified signal from each of the drain fingers;
a common-gate transistor that has a plurality of source fingers connected to the drain fingers of the common-source transistor, a plurality of drain fingers, and a plurality of gate fingers, and amplifies the amplified signal output from each of the drain fingers of the common-source transistor;
a gate bus bar to be connected to the gate fingers of the common-gate transistor; and
a plurality of capacitors each having a first end connected to the gate bus bar and a second end grounded, wherein
the capacitors are arranged at respective positions where distances from the respective gate fingers of the common-gate transistor to the respective capacitors related to the respective gate fingers of the common-gate transistor are equal to each other, wherein impedances of the respective capacitors obtained at the respective gate fingers of the common-gate transistor are equal to each other,
each of the plurality of source fingers of the common-source transistor includes a source electrode with an individual source via (ISV) structure having a via hole,
each of the plurality of capacitors are provided on the source electrode of the respective source finger.
2. The high-frequency amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitors have respective capacitances in which amplification operations of the gate fingers of the common gate transistor are in phase with each other.
3. The high-frequency amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the gate fingers of the common-source transistor, the drain fingers of the common-source transistor, and the source fingers of the common-source transistor are arranged in parallel with the source fingers of the common-gate transistor, the drain fingers of the common-gate transistor, and the gate fingers of the common-gate transistor.
4. A high-frequency amplifier comprising:
a common-source transistor that has a plurality of gate fingers, a plurality of drain fingers, and a plurality of source fingers, amplifies a signal applied to each of the gate fingers as a signal to be amplified, and outputs an amplified signal from each of the drain fingers;
a common-gate transistor that has a plurality of source fingers connected to the drain fingers of the common-source transistor, a plurality of drain fingers, and a plurality of gate fingers, and amplifies the amplified signal output from each of the drain fingers of the common-source transistor;
a gate bus bar to be connected to the gate fingers of the common-gate transistor; and
a plurality of capacitors each having a first end and a second end, the second end being grounded, wherein
the capacitors are arranged at respective positions where distances from the respective gate fingers of the common-gate transistor to the respective capacitors related to the respective gate fingers of the common-gate transistor are equal to each other, wherein impedances of the respective capacitors obtained at the respective gate fingers of the common-gate transistor are equal to each other,
each of the capacitors is disposed between a respective one of the gate fingers of the common-gate transistor and a respective one of the source fingers of the common-source transistor,
each of the source fingers of the common-source transistor is a source electrode with an individual source via (ISV) structure having a via hole,
each of the capacitors are provided on the respective source electrode,
the high-frequency amplifier further includes drain source fingers, which are fingers in which the drain fingers of the common-source transistor and the source fingers of the common-gate transistor are integrated, and
the gate fingers of the common-source transistor, the source fingers of the common-source transistor, the drain source fingers, the drain fingers of the common-gate transistor, and the gate fingers of the common-gate transistor are arranged in parallel with each other.
5. The high-frequency amplifier according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of shunt feedback capacitors having first ends connected to the respective drain fingers of the common-gate transistor and second ends connected to the respective drain fingers of the common source transistor.
6. A radio communication device comprising the high-frequency amplifier according to claim 1 .
7. A radar device comprising the high-frequency amplifier according to claim 1 .