Title :
Cross-coupled GaAs MESFET-based circuits for potential MMIC applications
Author :
Toumazou, Christofer ; Haigh, D.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Imperial Coll. of Sci. Technol. & Med., London, UK
Abstract :
GaAs MMIC design techniques and technology can only be accepted if adequate circuit performance is obtained, including wide bandwidth and good linearity. It is shown that the cross-coupled MESFET pair can be viewed in a rather general way with the advantage that it facilitates implementation of a whole range of interesting linear circuit building blocks, potentially useful for MMIC applications, including linearized amplifiers, signal splitters, signal combiners, circulators and tunable filters
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MMIC; active filters; circulators (microwave); field effect integrated circuits; gallium arsenide; microwave amplifiers; microwave filters; GaAs; MESFET-based circuits; MMIC; MMIC design techniques; circuit performance; circulators; cross-coupled MESFET pair; linear circuit building blocks; linearity; linearized amplifiers; semiconductors; signal combiners; signal splitters; tunable filters; wide bandwidth; Bandwidth; Circuit optimization; Circulators; Gallium arsenide; Linear circuits; Linearity; MESFET circuits; MMICs; Nonlinear filters; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1991., IEEE International Sympoisum on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0050-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1991.176767
