A GaAs RF amplifier IC for UHF TV tuners

Author

Nakatsuka, Tadayoshi ; Sakashita, Seiji ; Goda, Kazuhide ; Nambu, Shutaro

Author_Institution

Matsushita Electron. Corp., Kyoto, Japan

Volume

34

Issue

2

fYear

1988

fDate

5/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

366

Lastpage

371

Abstract

The design and performance of a monolithic GaAs RF amplifier IC with a bias circuit, for application in UHF TV/VTR tuners, are presented. This IC can reduce the area of an RF amplifier to less than half of the size of a conventional amplifier. It has a sufficiently wide range of variation in sheet resistance and threshold voltage to obtain a satisfactory yield. The noise figure of the TV tuner using the present IC is lower than that of the conventional tuner by more than 1.5 dB. Excellent crossmodulation characteristics are obtained at the same time

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; monolithic integrated circuits; radiofrequency amplifiers; television equipment; tuning; video tape recorders; GaAs; III-V semiconductors; RF amplifier IC; UHF TV tuners; VTR tuners; bias circuit; crossmodulation characteristics; design; noise figure; performance; sheet resistance; Application specific integrated circuits; Gallium arsenide; Monolithic integrated circuits; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; TV; Tuned circuits; Tuners; UHF circuits; UHF integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.2956

Filename

2956