Patent ID: 8421122

Claim:
A monolithic high power radio frequency switch, comprising: a substrate; first and second gallium nitride high electron mobility transistors on the substrate, each of the first and second gallium nitride high electron mobility transistors including a respective source, drain and gate terminal, wherein the source terminal of the first gallium nitride high electron mobility transistor is coupled to the drain terminal of the second gallium nitride high electron mobility transistor, and the source terminal of the second gallium nitride high electron mobility transistor is coupled to ground; an RF input pad coupled to the drain terminal of the first gallium nitride high electron mobility transistor; an RF output pad coupled to the source terminal of the first gallium nitride high electron mobility transistor and the drain terminal of the second gallium nitride high electron mobility transistor; and a control pad coupled to the gate of the first gallium nitride high electron mobility transistor.