• DocumentCode
    1994551
  • Title

    An S-Band Image Rejection Receiver Front-End Incorporating GaAs MMICs

  • Author

    Beech, G. ; Suckling, C.W. ; Suffolk, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Plessey Research (Caswell) Ltd., Casewell, Towcester, Northants., U.K.
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    9-13 Sept. 1985
  • Firstpage
    1019
  • Lastpage
    1024
  • Abstract
    An S-band image rejection receiver front-end has been designed, using GaAs MMICs to provide all the necessary functions up to, and including, the mixers. The receiver system incorporates the following GaAs MMICs: lownoise amplifier, in-phase signal splitter, quadrature local oscillator splitter, passive routing chip and dual-channel mixer. The mixer chip is novel in that a single-gate FET is used in conjunction with a passive 3 dB RF/LO-combiner. The design and performance of these circuits are discussed in the paper, together with measured results for complete receiver front-ends using these circuits.
  • Keywords
    Circuits; FETs; Gallium arsenide; Image converters; Local oscillators; MMICs; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Routing; Semiconductor device measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1985. 15th European
  • Conference_Location
    Paris, France
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.1985.333611
  • Filename
    4132299