A low-power HBT MMIC filter based on tunable active inductors

Author

Kaunisto, R. ; Alinikula, P. ; Stadius, K. ; Porra, V.

Author_Institution

Electron. Circuit Design Lab., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland

Volume

7

Issue

8

fYear

1997

fDate

8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

209

Lastpage

211

Abstract

An integrated active microwave filter employing high-Q active inductance simulating circuits is presented in this paper. Heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) technology is best-suited for this specific application facilitating the design and giving optimum performance with low power consumption. The prototype triple-resonator filter operates at 2.32 GHz with a 300 MHz -3-dB bandwidth. The power consumption is only 25 mW drawn from a 3-V supply

Keywords

Chebyshev filters; UHF filters; active filters; band-pass filters; bipolar MMIC; gyrators; heterojunction bipolar transistors; inductors; microwave filters; -3-dB bandwidth; 2.32 GHz; 25 mW; 3 V; 300 MHz; GaAs-Al_0.3Ga_0.7As; heterojunction bipolar transistor technology; high-Q active inductance simulating circuits; integrated active microwave filter; low power consumption; low-power HBT MMIC filter; optimum performance; sixth-order Chebyshev bandpass filter; triple-resonator filter; tunable active inductors; Active filters; Active inductors; Circuit simulation; Energy consumption; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Inductance; Integrated circuit technology; MMICs; Microwave filters; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8207

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/75.605479

Filename

605479