1-3 GHz MMIC amplifier design for transmit/receive applications

Author

Zakaria, Mohd Fairuz ; Majlis, Burhanuddin Yeop

Author_Institution

ON Semicond., Seremban, Malaysia

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

113

Lastpage

115

Abstract

A PHEMT-based MMIC amplifier to be used as a gain block for transmit and receive circuits was designed using Libra series IV CAD based on the GMMT H40 process library. The simulated S-parameters show very good amplifier performance as required by the specification in the frequency band of 1-3 GHz. The input and output return loss are less than -15 dB, gain is 17 dB and noise figure is less than 2.8 dB. After simulation and optimization, the schematic circuit was translated into a layout pattern with a die size of 1.3 mm×1.4 mm

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; MMIC amplifiers; S-parameters; circuit CAD; circuit optimisation; circuit simulation; field effect MMIC; integrated circuit layout; integrated circuit noise; losses; -15 dB; 1 to 3 GHz; 1.3 mm; 1.4 mm; 17 dB; 2.8 dB; GMMT H40 process library; Libra series IV CAD; MMIC amplifier design; PHEMT-based MMIC amplifier; amplifier performance; die size; frequency band; gain; gain block; input return loss; layout pattern; noise figure; optimization; output return loss; schematic circuit translation; simulated S-parameters; simulation; transmit/receive applications; transmit/receive circuits; Circuit simulation; Distributed amplifiers; Feedback amplifiers; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Indium; MMICs; PHEMTs; Substrates; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Electronics, 2000. Proceedings. ICSE 2000. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Guoman Port Dickson Resort

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6430-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMELEC.2000.932445

Filename

932445