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Dayward Santos
Researcher at HRL Laboratories
Publications - 7
Citations - 218
Dayward Santos is an academic researcher from HRL Laboratories. The author has contributed to research in topics: Monolithic microwave integrated circuit & Power-added efficiency. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 7 publications receiving 152 citations.
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High frequency GaN HEMTs for RF MMIC applications
Miroslav Micovic,David F. Brown,D. Regan,Joel C. Wong,Yan Tang,Herrault Florian G,Dayward Santos,Shawn D. Burnham,Joe Tai,Eric M. Prophet,Isaac Khalaf,C. McGuire,Hector L. Bracamontes,Helen Fung,A. Kurdoghlian,Adele E. Schmitz +15 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an overview of key challenges and technical breakthroughs that led to development of highly scaled GaN HEMT's having ft > 400 GHz and fmax > 550 GHz and the corresponding IC process.
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Ka-Band LNA MMIC's Realized in Fmax > 580 GHz GaN HEMT Technology
Miroslav Micovic,David F. Brown,D. Regan,Joel Wong,Joe Tai,A. Kurdoghlian,Herrault Florian G,Yan Tang,Shawn D. Burnham,Helen Fung,Adele E. Schmitz,Isaac Khalaf,Dayward Santos,Eric M. Prophet,Hector L. Bracamontes,Charles McGuire,Robert Grabar +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the first generation of GaN LNA MMIC circuits were reported, which are based on the latest generation of (ft > 320 GHz and fmax > 580 GHz) GaN Transistors.
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High-Speed, Enhancement-Mode GaN Power Switch With Regrown ${\rm n}+$ GaN Ohmic Contacts and Staircase Field Plates
David F. Brown,Keisuke Shinohara,Andrea Corrion,Rongming Chu,Adam J. Williams,Joel C. Wong,Ivan Alvarado-Rodriguez,Robert Grabar,Michael Johnson,C. Butler,Dayward Santos,Shawn D. Burnham,John F. Robinson,Daniel Zehnder,S. Kim,Thomas C. Oh,Miroslav Micovic +16 more
TL;DR: In this article, a novel GaN heterojunction field effect transistor (HOFET) was reported, which has an unprecedented combination of high breakdown (176 V), low ON-resistance (1.2 Ωmm), enhancement-mode operation (VTH=+0.35 V), and excellent high-frequency performance (fT/fmax=50/120 GHz).
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First demonstration of broadband W-band and D-band GaN MMICs for next generation communication systems
A. Kurdoghlian,H.P. Moyer,Hasan Sharifi,David F. Brown,Robert G. Nagele,Joe Tai,R. Bowen,M. Wetzel,Robert Grabar,Dayward Santos,Miroslav Micovic +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, high-performing GaN MMICs that can cover broadband applications at W and D-band have been fabricated and tested, and a five stage 60-105 GHz LNA has >23 dB gain across the band and a six stage D-Band LNA with 25 dB of gain from 110-170 GHz.
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GaN DHFETs Having 48% Power Added Efficiency and 57% Drain Efficiency at $V$ -Band
Miroslav Micovic,D. F. Brown,A. Kurdoghlian,Dayward Santos,Bob Grabar,Jesus Magadia,Isaac Khalaf,Haw Y. Tai,Eric M. Prophet,Shawn D. Burnham,Joel C. Wong,D. Regan,Helen Fung,Yan Tang +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, the state-of-the-art performance of a scaled 40-nm gate length double heterojunction field effect transistor (DHFET) was reported at a frequency of 59 GHz.