Title :
MMIC regenerative divider
Author :
Pham, Trang ; Fudem, Howard N. ; Green, Pat ; Driscoll, Michael M. ; Dever, Pat ; Hauser, Mike
Author_Institution :
Northrop Grumman Corp., Baltimore, MD
Abstract :
This paper reports on performance of a UHF MMIC regenerative divider designed and fabricated at the Northrop Grumman Advanced Technology Labs. It uses Northrop Grumman Corporations standard GaAs HBT low phase noise process in order to achieve superior phase noise performance. Use of the MMIC divider results in a 50:1 area reduction in circuit size, compared to dividers employing discrete, surface mount components.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MMIC frequency convertors; UHF frequency convertors; frequency dividers; gallium arsenide; heterojunction bipolar transistors; GaAs; GaAs HBT; MMIC regenerative divider; Northrop Grumman Advanced Technology Labs; UHF frequency divider; low phase noise process; Circuit noise; Feedback circuits; Feedback loop; Filtering; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; MMICs; Oscillators; Phase noise;
Conference_Titel :
Frequency Control Symposium, 2008 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1794-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1075-6787
DOI :
10.1109/FREQ.2008.4623063
