A Step by Step Strategy for the Design and Implementation of a RF&MW Amplifier

Author

Consospó, M. A López ; González-Villarruel, J.E.

Author_Institution

ITESM, Mexico City

fYear

2007

fDate

25-28 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

175

Lastpage

179

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to show a step by step strategy to design and implement a RF&MW amplifier. Bilateral case was first discussed and applied to stability analysis. Then unilateral case was considered for gain circles analysis. Once the stability and gain circles were obtained on a Smith chart, the input and output matching circuits were designed. A microwave design simulator was used to optimize the bilateral, bias and implementation for the amplifier. An 8 GHz 10 dB micro strip line low noise amplifier has proved the validity of our step by step approach.

Keywords

low noise amplifiers; microstrip circuits; microwave amplifiers; network synthesis; RF amplifier; Smith chart; gain circles analysis; micro strip line low noise amplifier; microwave amplifier; microwave design simulator; stability analysis; Circuit noise; Circuit stability; Filters; Impedance matching; Low-noise amplifiers; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave transistors; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Stability analysis; Low Noise Amplifier; Microstripline.; RF;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Robotics and Automotive Mechanics Conference, 2007. CERMA 2007

Conference_Location

Morelos

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-2974-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CERMA.2007.4367681

Filename

4367681