DocumentCode
586450
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
fYear
2012
fDate
2-5 Oct. 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ESTEL.2012.6400141
Filename
6400141
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