Title : 
A SiGe HBT variable gain amplifier with 80 dB control range for applications up to 3 GHz
         
        
            Author : 
Byrne, N. ; Murphy, P.J. ; McCarthy, K.G. ; Foley, B.
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A variable eain amplifier suitable for wideband applications (up to 3GHz) has been designed and fabricated in a SiGe BiCMOS process with fT = 49 GHz. Variable gain is achieved with a current steering diflerential cascode cell. The amplifier has B linear-io-dB gain range of 82 dB at 1.85 G H a~nd 65 dB at 2.5 GHZw, hich is the largest control ranee reoorted to date. The amolifrer has a maximum gain of 18.\n\n\t\t
         
        
            Keywords : 
Attenuators; Broadband amplifiers; Electric variables control; Gain; Germanium silicon alloys; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Silicon germanium; Topology;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Wireless Technology, 2004. 7th European Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-58053-991-2