• DocumentCode
    54724
  • Title

    Extending the bandwidth of low-noise microwave amplifier through digital assist

  • Author

    Stewart, Darryl ; Saavedra, Carlos E.

  • Author_Institution
    Queen´s Univ., Kingston, ON, Canada
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    March 27 2014
  • Firstpage
    528
  • Lastpage
    530
  • Abstract
    The 3 dB bandwidth of a low-noise amplifier (LNA) is increased by 23% from a range of 1-6.7 GHz to a range of 1-8.25 GHz through digital assist. The LNA has a multi-stage topology and the gate bias voltages are dynamically optimised in real-time to obtain the best gain and noise figure as a function of the signal input frequency.
  • Keywords
    UHF amplifiers; low noise amplifiers; microwave amplifiers; network topology; LNA; frequency 1 GHz to 8.25 GHz; gate bias voltages; low-noise amplifier; microwave amplifier; multistage topology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2014.0176
  • Filename
    6780238