Computer-aided design of ultrawide-band MMIC amplifier

Author

Cherkashin, M.V. ; Eyllier, D. ; Babak, L.I. ; Billonnet, L. ; Jarry, B.

Author_Institution

Tomsk State Univ. of Control Syst. & Radioelectronics

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

16-16 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

427

Abstract

The design of 2-10 GHz feedback MMIC amplifier is presented using a new interactive "visual" technique. The existing design procedures for microwave amplifiers with compensation/feedback networks are cumbersome and time-consuming. In this paper, we demonstrate the design of single-stage ultrawide-band feedback MMIC amplifier using a new interactive "visual" technique. The technique allows the exact synthesis of compensation/feedback networks directly from a simultaneous set of performance specifications, including the gain, gain flatness, noise figure, input/output matching, and stability. The procedure is implemented in our "visual" CAD tools, AMP-CF and LOCUS, providing the fast and convenient amplifier design. With these tools, we have designed and fabricated a 2-10 GHz feedback MMIC amplifier that can be served as an amplifier block for different applications. Amplifier has been implemented in 0.2 mum pHEMT GaAs technology (OMMIC, France), providing gain 11.7plusmn1.1 dB, noise figure 2.2 dB, input and output return losses -9.6 dB and -11 .7 dB, respectively

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; III-V semiconductors; MMIC amplifiers; circuit CAD; feedback amplifiers; gallium arsenide; wideband amplifiers; 2 to 10 GHz; GaAs; compensation-feedback network; computer-aided design; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; pHEMT GaAs technology; ultrawide-band feedback MMIC amplifier; visual technique; Design automation; Impedance matching; MMICs; Microwave amplifiers; Network synthesis; Noise figure; Output feedback; PHEMTs; Performance gain; Stability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave & Telecommunication Technology, 2005 15th International Crimean Conference

Conference_Location

Sevastopol, Crimea

Print_ISBN

966-7968-80-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CRMICO.2005.1564978

Filename

1564978