Title :
A High Gain MMIC Broadband Amplifier with Extremely Low Power Consumption
Author :
Roy, L. ; Stubbs, M.G. ; Wight, J.S.
Author_Institution :
Communications Research Centre, 3701 Carling Avenue, P.O. Box 11490, Station H, Ottawa, Canada K2H 8S2
Abstract :
The design and performance of a high gain, monolithic, broadband amplifier with extremely low power consumption are described. The amplifier, fabricated using a 0.5 ¿m GaAs depletion-mode MESFET process, utilizes very small gate width devices to achieve a measured gain of 19 dB and a 0.1 to 2.1 GHz bandwidth with only 63 mW DC power dissipation. This is the lowest power consumption broadband MMIC reported to date and is intended for mobile radio applications.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Energy consumption; Gain measurement; Gallium arsenide; MESFETs; MMICs; Performance gain; Power amplifiers; Power measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1990. 20th European
Conference_Location :
Budapest, Hungary
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1990.336188
