Title :
Maximally efficient gain: a figure of merit for linear active 2-ports
Author_Institution :
University of California, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Santa Barbara, USA
Abstract :
A new power/gain invariant is proposed as a high-frequency figure of merit for linear active 2-ports. Using this figure of merit, it is feasible to design amplifiers with potentially unstable devices which have power gains comparable in magnitude to Mason´s U function and are optimum in the sense of maximising the 2-port added power.
Keywords :
active networks; amplifiers; linear network synthesis; amplifiers; figure of merit; linear active 2-ports; maximally efficient gain; power gains;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19760372
