Title :
Low cost DC to 3.6 GHz silicon broadband amplifier
Author_Institution :
Agilent Technol. (Malaysia), Penang, Malaysia
Abstract :
A low cost silicon RF wideband amplifier housed in a SOT-363 package is described. A 3 dB bandwidth of 3.6 GHz, nominal gain of 21.5 dB, a noise figure of 3.5 dB and output 1 dB compression point, P1dB of 12.7 dBm with input VSWR of 1.1:1 and output VSWR of 1.2:1 at 2 GHz has been achieved with a 5 volt supply. The device is stable under all bias conditions. This broadband amplifier chip is miniature in size, 0.465 mm×0.555 mm making it suitable for high-volume low-cost commercial applications. It is suitable for a wide range of IF and buffer stages in DBS LNBs, cable television distribution and cable modems, GSM/CDMA radio cards, microwave links, fiber optic systems and many other communications applications.
Keywords :
MMIC amplifiers; integrated circuit design; wideband amplifiers; 0.465 mm; 0.555 mm; 2 GHz; 21.5 dB; 3.5 dB; 3.6 GHz; 5 V; DBS LNB; GSM/CDMA radio cards; IF stages; RF wideband amplifier; SOT-363 package; Si; buffer stages; cable modem; cable television distribution; fiber optic systems; high-volume applications; low cost amplifier; microwave links; silicon broadband amplifier; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Cable TV; Costs; Gain; Noise figure; Optical buffering; Packaging; Radio frequency; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics, 2003. APACE 2003. Asia-Pacific Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8129-7
DOI :
10.1109/APACE.2003.1234471
