A 1-GSample/s, 15-GHz Input Bandwidth Master–Slave Track-and-Hold Amplifier in InP DHBT Technology

Author

Bouvier, Yves ; Ouslimani, Achour ; Konczykowska, Agnieszka ; Godin, Jean

Author_Institution

III-V Lab., Alcatel-Thales, Marcoussis, France

Volume

57

Issue

12

fYear

2009

Firstpage

3181

Lastpage

3187

Abstract

A fully differential master-slave track-and-hold amplifier is designed and fabricated in a 210-GHz-f _T InP DHBT process. Input bandwidth of 15 GHz, total harmonic distortion lower than -39 dB and a third harmonic rejection greater than 45 dB are measured for 1 GSample/s and 4 dBm single-ended input signal. Time domain measurements demonstrate the performances of dual track-and-hold amplifier for Nyquist, over-sampling and sub-sampling conditions. Design tradeoff for master and slave blocks are presented. Experimental results obtained for different feed-through capacitors (C _FF) show the effects of C _FF on bandwidth and isolation.

Keywords

heterojunction bipolar transistors; microwave amplifiers; DHBT technology; InP; Nyquist over-sampling conditions; Nyquist subsampling conditions; feed-through capacitors; frequency 15 GHz; frequency 210 GHz; master-slave track-and-hold amplifier; Analog-to-digital converter (ADC); DHBT; InP; master–slave; sub-sampling; track-and-hold amplifier (THA);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2009.2033252

Filename

5308421