Active microwave filters with noise performance considerations

Author

Krantz, Eric C. ; Branner, G.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA

Volume

42

Issue

7

fYear

1994

fDate

7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1368

Lastpage

1379

Abstract

Active microwave filters offer a unique solution for certain filtering problems in modern microwave integrated circuit applications. A number of authors have reported novel active filter topologies in this connection; however, noise considerations for these exotic designs have seldom been addressed, and only Bonetti and Williams (1990, 1992) have provided actual reliable repeatable measured noise data across a band of frequencies. The main objective of this paper is to present a precision computer-oriented technique to accurately predict and quantify the noise performance of various active microwave filter realizations. Experimental examples are presented which validate the computer-oriented simulation methodology. Noise performance results are presented for a representative realization of each class of active microwave filter considered

Keywords

active filters; digital simulation; microwave filters; microwave integrated circuits; active microwave filters; computer-oriented technique; microwave integrated circuit applications; noise performance considerations; simulation methodology; Active filters; Active noise reduction; Application specific integrated circuits; Circuit topology; Filtering; Frequency measurement; Integrated circuit noise; Integrated circuit reliability; Microwave filters; Microwave integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.299731

Filename

299731