Title :
Millimeter wave low noise amplifier for satellite and radio-astronomy applications
Author :
Ciccognani, W. ; Colangeli, Sergio ; Limiti, Ernesto ; Scucchia, Lucio
Author_Institution :
Electron. Eng. Dept., Tor Vergata Univ., Rome, Italy
Abstract :
The the design, realization and testing of a Q-band and a W-band LNA (Low Noise Amplifier) utilizing the 70nm mHEMT (metamorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor) foundry process by OMMIC, are reported. Details on measurement set-up and obtained performances are presented.
Keywords :
circuit testing; high electron mobility transistors; low noise amplifiers; millimetre wave amplifiers; radioastronomy; satellite communication; OMMIC foundry process; Q-band LNA testing; W-band LNA; mHEMT; measurement set-up; metamorphic high electron mobility transistor; millimeter wave low noise amplifier; radioastronomy applications; satellite applications; size 70 nm; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gain; Microwave communication; Microwave imaging; Microwave measurements; Noise; Noise figure; LNA; Q-band; W-band; microwave low noise amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
Satellite Telecommunications (ESTEL), 2012 IEEE First AESS European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4687-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4686-3
DOI :
10.1109/ESTEL.2012.6400141
