• DocumentCode
    2153343
  • Title

    A Monolithic, Dual Channel, 0.5 to 20GHz Limiter

  • Author

    Devlin, L.M. ; Dearn, A.W. ; Beasley, P.D.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Plextek Ltd, London Road, Great Chesterford, Essex, CB10 1NY, UK. lmd@plextek.co.uk
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    Oct. 2000
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    This paper details a dual channel limiter IC, fabricated as a single die using a commercially available PIN diode process. The measured performance shows a small-signal insertion loss of less than 0.8dB from 0.5 to 20GHz with excellent channel matching. The limited output power (at 10dB saturation) measures between 15 and 16.5dBm, across the band. The IC can handle CW power levels of 4W and had an RF yield of 93%.
  • Keywords
    Broadband antennas; Charge carriers; Electric resistance; Inductors; Low pass filters; Microwave frequencies; Monolithic integrated circuits; Packaging; Radio frequency; Semiconductor diodes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2000. 30th European
  • Conference_Location
    Paris, France
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.2000.338687
  • Filename
    4139700