Title :
Four-channel Ku-band downconverter MMIC
Author :
Van der Bent, Gijs ; De Hek, Peter ; Van Dijk, Raymond ; Van Vliet, Frank E.
Author_Institution :
TNO Defence, Security & Safety, The Hague, Netherlands
Abstract :
A Ku-band downconverter MMIC for satellite reception has been developed. This four channel downconverter contains four dual input LNAs, mixers and IF amplifiers and a single LO balun. The MMIC was designed in the PL15-10 pHEMT InGaAs low noise process of WIN Semiconductors.
Keywords :
HEMT circuits; MMIC amplifiers; MMIC mixers; baluns; satellite communication; television receivers; IF amplifiers; Ku-band downconverter MMIC; LNA; balun; four channel downconverter; mixers; pHEMT; satellite reception;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2010 European
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7232-1
