Title :
Enhanced design of a floating broad-band lossless tunable HBT monolithic active inductor
Author :
Zanchi, C. ; Parra, T. ; Escotte, L. ; Graffeuil, J.
Author_Institution :
CNRS, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
A floating HBT Tunable Active Inductor (TAI) MMIC is reported. Compared with FET circuit, analytical results and measurements show significant improvements over broad-band capability, tunability and selectivity (typical Q´s are over 300). HF noise is also investigated and a minimum noise figure of 0.5 dB is achieved. Measured and simulated results are compared.
Keywords :
bipolar MMIC; circuit tuning; heterojunction bipolar transistors; inductors; 0.5 dB; HF noise; Q factor; design; floating broad-band lossless HBT tunable active inductor MMIC; minimum noise figure; selectivity; Active inductors; Circuit analysis; Circuit noise; Circuit simulation; FET circuits; Hafnium; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; MMICs; Noise figure; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1996., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3246-6
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1996.512158
