Low noise and power MMICs

Author

Long, A.P. ; Edwards, G.D. ; Suffolk, J.R. ; Phillips, W.A. ; Wadsworth, S.D.

Author_Institution

Marconi Mater. Technol., Towcester, UK

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

234

Abstract

Communication and defence systems are making increasing demands on microwave and millimetre wave amplifiers in terms of performance and cost. The monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) now plays a central role in such systems. This paper describes the design and measured performance of a range of microwave and millimetre wave MMIC amplifiers. Both low noise and power amplifiers have been realised using a pseudomorphic HEMT process

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; MMIC amplifiers; MMIC power amplifiers; field effect MIMIC; field effect MMIC; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit measurement; integrated circuit noise; millimetre wave amplifiers; millimetre wave power amplifiers; 5 to 42 GHz; Ka-band LNA; X-band low noise amplifiers; design; low noise MMIC amplifiers; measured performance; microwave MMIC amplifiers; millimetre wave MMIC amplifiers; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; power amplifiers; pseudomorphic HEMT process; Costs; Integrated circuit measurements; Integrated circuit noise; Low-noise amplifiers; MMICs; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave communication; Microwave integrated circuits; Microwave measurements; Monolithic integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 1999 Asia Pacific

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5761-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.1999.829785

Filename

829785