Title :
The Design of MMIC Filters Using Predistortion Technique
Author :
Ndujiuba, C.U. ; Khanifar, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng; University College London, Torrington Place London WC1E 7JE
Abstract :
A systematic and coincise method for designing active filters in Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) technology is presented. The technique is based on the predistortion of the filter transfer function by appropriate loss or gain factor, enabling the designer to realize all his filter specifications without resorting to circuit optimization and tuning (tweaking). The strength of this technique has been demonstrated in the design of a 2nd order bandpass MMIC filter for mobile DCS 1800 band application, which was fabricated using GEC-Marconi F20 process.
Keywords :
Active filters; Band pass filters; Circuit optimization; Design methodology; MMICs; Microwave filters; Microwave integrated circuits; Microwave theory and techniques; Monolithic integrated circuits; Predistortion;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1998. 28th European
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam, Netherlands
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1998.338018
