DocumentCode
1367732
Title
Temperature and process insensitive circuit design of a voltage variable attenuator IC for cellular band applications
Author
Boglione, Luciano ; Pavio, Ray
Author_Institution
Conexant Syst. Inc., Chelmsford, MA, USA
Volume
10
Issue
7
fYear
2000
fDate
7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
279
Lastpage
281
Abstract
The authors describe circuit design solutions for a 900 MHz voltage variable attenuator (VVA) integrated circuit that aims to achieve straight line attenuation slope versus control voltage as well as process and temperature insensitivity. Power linearity is also taken into account. Measured results are presented in order to compare the new VVA to the original circuit and to confirm the robustness of the new design
Keywords
MESFET integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; attenuators; cellular radio; integrated circuit design; 900 MHz; cellular band applications; power linearity; process insensitive circuit design; temperature insensitive circuit design; voltage variable attenuator IC; Application specific integrated circuits; Attenuation; Attenuators; Circuit synthesis; Gallium arsenide; Integrated circuit yield; Linearity; Microwave FETs; Temperature control; Voltage control;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1051-8207
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/75.856988
Filename
856988
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