• DocumentCode
    2569462
  • Title

    A 1 to 40 GHz MESFET hybrid distributed amplifier

  • Author

    Brouzes, H. ; Deredec, G. ; Bender, Y.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Thomson-CSF, Malakoff, France
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    13-15 June 1989
  • Firstpage
    849
  • Abstract
    A 1-40-GHz hybrid amplifier with 10 dB minimum gain up to 40 GHz and using 0.3- mu m MESFETs is presented. Gain ripple is +or-1 dB in the 1-26.5-GHz range. The maximum noise figure is 7.5 dB in the 2-18-GHz range, and output power at 1-dB gain compression is 11 dB. The circuit includes a 1-40-GHz biasing system. Device S-parameters were measured in the 1-20-GHz band, and static measurements were used to derive an equivalent circuit for the FET, leading to very good agreement between simulations and measurements up to 40 GHz.<>
  • Keywords
    S-parameters; Schottky gate field effect transistors; microwave amplifiers; solid-state microwave circuits; 0.3 micron; 1 to 40 GHz; 10 dB; 7.5 dB; MESFET hybrid distributed amplifier; S-parameters; equivalent circuit; freq 1 to 40 GHz; gain compression; gain ripple; maximum noise figure; output power; static measurements; Capacitors; Distributed amplifiers; Equivalent circuits; FETs; Frequency; HEMTs; MESFETs; Performance gain; Scattering parameters; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1989., IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1989.38855
  • Filename
    38855