• DocumentCode
    432647
  • Title

    An improved follower stage for the design of 40Gb/s wideband MMIC pHEMT modulator driver amplifiers

  • Author

    Courcelle, L. ; Kerherve, Eric ; Jarry, P.

  • Author_Institution
    IXL Microelectronics Laboratory, CNRS UMR 58 18, ENSEIRB, University of Bordeaux, 351, cours de la Liberation 33405 Talence, France
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    12-14 Oct. 2004
  • Firstpage
    905
  • Lastpage
    908
  • Abstract
    Within the use of GaAs pHEMT technology, the bandwidth performances of Cherry- Hooper driver amplifiers need to be improved. To fulfill these requirements, we propose an original driver circuit topology dedicated to 40 Gb/s optical communication systems. To validate this new architecture, an MMIC amplifier has been designed using the 0.2 μm GaAs E/D mode pHEMT process provided by the OMMIC foundry. The driver circuit achieves 10 dB of transducer gain from 100 kHz to 45 GHz and provides around 2 Vpp on 50 Ω load. Input return loss is less than -5 dB over the hand.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Driver circuits; Gallium arsenide; Impedance; MMICs; Optical amplifiers; PHEMTs; Transducers; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2004. 34th European
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Print_ISBN
    1-58053-992-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1418974
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=432647