Title :
Optimal Tapering Factor for Maximum Bandwidth RF Cascaded Amplifiers
Author :
Elnozahi, Mohamed ; Massoud, Yehia
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX
Abstract :
Designing wide-band amplifiers has become one of the important issues in wireless and optical high performance system-on-chip applications. In this paper, we present a newly developed analytical tapering factor that determines the optimal size of each stage of the cascaded amplifier. The utilization of our developed tapering factor can lead to a significant improvement in the amplifier bandwidth as compared with the standard cascaded amplifier unity tapering factor
Keywords :
cascade networks; integrated circuit design; radiofrequency amplifiers; system-on-chip; wideband amplifiers; maximum bandwidth RF cascaded amplifiers; optimal tapering factor; wide-band amplifiers; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical design; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Standards development; Stimulated emission; System-on-a-chip;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, 2006. WAMICON '06. IEEE Annual
Conference_Location :
Clearwater Beach, FL
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0849-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0849-0
DOI :
10.1109/WAMICON.2006.351965
