DocumentCode
1336354
Title
A Broadband Double-Balanced Phase-Coherent Degenerate Parametric Amplifier
Author
Gray, Blake ; Ramírez, Franco ; Melville, Bob ; Suárez, Almudena ; Kenney, J. Stevenson
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Volume
21
Issue
11
fYear
2011
Firstpage
607
Lastpage
609
Abstract
A broadband double-balanced phase-coherent degenerate parametric amplifier is presented that provides an average gain of 26 dB over 1 GHz of usable bandwidth centered at 650 MHz. A prototype board was constructed, and its measured and simulated data match well with one another. Using a harmonic-balance simulator, the stability of the amplifier was analyzed by observing the evolution of the system poles as both the pump power level and the temperature of operation varied.
Keywords
parametric amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; bandwidth 650 MHz; broadband parametric amplifier; double-balanced phase-coherent degenerate amplifier; gain 26 dB; harmonic-balance simulator; pump power level; system poles; Bandwidth; Broadband communication; Circuit stability; Radio frequency; Stability analysis; Thermal stability; Varactors; Amplifier; nonlinear systems; parametric amplifiers; parametric circuits;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1531-1309
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LMWC.2011.2167137
Filename
6031781
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