A low noise 2-20 GHz feedback MMIC-amplifier

Author

Zirath, H. ; Sakalas, Paulius ; Miranda, J.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microelectron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden

fYear

2000

fDate

10-13 June 2000

Firstpage

169

Lastpage

172

Abstract

A low noise feedback MMIC-amplifier based on a 180 GHz f/sub max/ PHEMT-technology is described. The gain, input and output reflection coefficient, DC-power consumption, and noise parameters are investigated theoretically and experimentally as a function of DC-bias and frequency. The noise figure is typically 2.5 dB with an associate gain of 22 dB across the 2-20 GHz frequency range. The circuit area is less than 1 /spl mu/m/sup 2/ and the DC-power consumption is lower than 100 mW.

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; MMIC amplifiers; feedback amplifiers; field effect MMIC; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit noise; wideband amplifiers; 100 mW; 180 GHz; 2 to 20 GHz; 2.5 dB; 20 GHz; 22 dB; DC power consumption; DC-bias; PHEMT technology; feedback MMIC LNA; gain; input reflection coefficient; low noise MMIC amplifier; noise parameters; output reflection coefficient; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Circuit noise; Circuit simulation; Feedback amplifiers; Frequency; Noise figure; Physics; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Semiconductor device noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2000. Digest of Papers. 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6280-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2000.854441

Filename

854441