A novel frequency independent third-order intermodulation distortion cancellation technique for BJT amplifiers

Author

van der Heijden, M.P. ; de Graaff, H.C. ; de Vreede, L.C.

Author_Institution

Lab. of Electron. Components, Technol. & Mater., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

163

Lastpage

166

Abstract

Second-harmonic control is implemented in a balanced common-emitter configuration to facilitate frequency independent third-order intermodulation distortion (IM3) cancellation. Experiments demonstrated an over 15 dB improvement in the output third-order intercept point (OIP3)

Keywords

UHF amplifiers; bipolar transistor circuits; circuit noise; impedance matching; interference suppression; intermodulation distortion; BFG410W transistors; BJT amplifiers; IM3 cancellation; OIP3; SiGe HBTs; balanced common-emitter configuration; center-tapped transformers; frequency independent third-order intermodulation distortion cancellation technique; impedance matching; noise matching; output third-order intercept point; second-harmonic control; wireless communication systems; Capacitance; Circuits; Communication system control; Electronic components; Frequency; Intermodulation distortion; Laboratories; Linearity; Noise cancellation; Nonlinear distortion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7019-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BIPOL.2001.957882

Filename

957882