• DocumentCode
    1634522
  • Title

    Analytical modeling of transducer gain and gain compression in degenerate parametric amplifiers

  • Author

    Gray, Blake ; Pontón, Mabel ; Suárez, Almudena ; Kenney, J. Stevenson

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    351
  • Lastpage
    354
  • Abstract
    Analytical models accurately describing transducer gain and gain compression of degenerate parametric amplifiers are presented. To validate the models, a prototype broadband double-balanced phase-coherent degenerate parametric amplifier was constructed that provides an average gain of 26 dB over 1 GHz of usable bandwidth centered at 650 MHz. The analytical models agree with measured data over a wide range of operating conditions.
  • Keywords
    UHF amplifiers; parametric amplifiers; transducers; wideband amplifiers; analytical modeling; analytical models; bandwidth 650 MHz; broadband double-balanced phase-coherent degenerate parametric amplifier; frequency 1 GHz; gain 26 dB; gain compression; transducer gain; Analytical models; Capacitance; Frequency measurement; Gain; Gain measurement; Phase measurement; Varactors; Analytical models; microwave amplifiers; nonlinear circuits; nonlinear equations; varactors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Santa Clara, CA
  • ISSN
    2164-2958
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1153-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RWS.2012.6175352
  • Filename
    6175352