• DocumentCode
    3703796
  • Title

    An ultra wideband LNA module for space applications

  • Author

    L. Pantoli;G. Leuzzi;A. Barigelli;F. Vitulli;A. Suriani

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L´Aquila (Italy), Via G. Gronchi, 18 - 67100, L´Aquila (Italy)
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    160
  • Lastpage
    163
  • Abstract
    The paper deals with the development of a state-of the-art low noise amplifier with the new 0.1μm high frequency GaAs pHEMT process provided by UMS. The reported amplifier has an ultra low noise of 2.4dB and a gain of 45dB in the frequency band 42GHz-50.2GHz. It has a relatively high linearity with a third-order intercept point of 23dBm and a total power consumption of 250mW. The module is composed by four MMIC connected by micro wires, temperature-depended attenuators, a WG isolator and novel input and output microstrip to waveguide transitions designed in LTCC.
  • Keywords
    "MMICs","Noise figure","Stability analysis","Gain","Radio frequency","Circuit stability","Linearity"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), 2015 10th European
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EuMIC.2015.7345093
  • Filename
    7345093