• DocumentCode
    1225731
  • Title

    Control of circuit distortion by the derivative superposition method [MMIC amplifier]

  • Author

    Webster, Danny ; Scott, Jonathan ; Haigh, David

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    3/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    123
  • Lastpage
    125
  • Abstract
    The derivative structure of the characteristics of GaAs FET´s naturally gives rise to changes in magnitude and reversals of phase of intermodulation distortion components. An MMIC design method that exploits the phase reversal to achieve control of distortion in an amplifier is presented. An example circuit is designed and its measured performance is compared with that of a conventional amplifier.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; MMIC amplifiers; field effect MMIC; gallium arsenide; integrated circuit design; intermodulation distortion; GaAs; GaAs FET; IM3; IMD components; MMIC design method; amplifier; circuit distortion control; derivative superposition method; intermodulation distortion; phase reversal; Circuits; Design methodology; FETs; Gallium arsenide; HEMTs; Intermodulation distortion; MMICs; Nonlinear distortion; Phase distortion; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1051-8207
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/75.481087
  • Filename
    481087