Title :
A BiCMOS digitally-controlled variable gain wideband amplifier
Author_Institution :
Nat. Semicond. Corp., Fort Collins, CO., USA
Abstract :
A digitally-controlled variable gain wideband amplifier (DVGA), designed for application in radio receiver digital gain control, is implemented in silicon BiCMOS technology. The DVGA provides gain range of -18 dB to +24 dB in 6 dB steps with a 3 dB bandwidth of 250 MHz
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; automatic gain control; digital control; wideband amplifiers; -18 to 24 dB; 250 MHz; Si; digitally-controlled variable gain wideband amplifier; radio receiver digital gain control; silicon BiCMOS technology; Attenuators; Bandwidth; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Broadband amplifiers; Decoding; Digital control; Gain control; Operational amplifiers; Receivers; Resistors; Silicon; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 1997. Proceedings of the
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3916-9
DOI :
10.1109/BIPOL.1997.647362
