Title :
A broadband upconverter IC
Author :
Neilson, D. ; Allen, B. ; Kintis, M. ; Hoppe, M. ; Maas, S.A.
Author_Institution :
TRW, Redondo Beach, CA, USA
Abstract :
The authors describe the design and performance of a single-chip upconverter IC consisting of a doubly balanced dual-gate FET mixer, a four-stage LO (local oscillator) amplifier, and a single-stage IF (intermediate frequency) amplifier. It converts a DC-to-5 GHz input to an 8-to-10 GHz IF. State-of-the-art performance was achieved through the use of advanced models and circuit-design techniques.<>
Keywords :
MMIC; field effect transistors; frequency convertors; microwave amplifiers; mixers (circuits); 0 to 5 GHz; 8 to 10 GHz; broadband upconverter IC; circuit-design techniques; doubly balanced dual-gate FET mixer; four-stage LO; models; single-stage IF; Broadband amplifiers; FET integrated circuits; Frequency conversion; High power amplifiers; Impedance matching; MMICs; Microwave FETs; Mixers; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1992., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0611-2
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1992.188011
