Title :
Analysis and design of multi-octave MMIC active baluns using a distributed amplifier gate line termination technique
Author :
Baree, A.H. ; Robertson, I.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., King´s Coll., London, UK
Abstract :
The analysis and design of a multi-octave MMIC active balun is described in this paper. The technique employed uses the gate-line ´termination´ of a distributed amplifier topology as a non-inverting output. Closed-form expressions for the two output signals have been derived. The MMIC prototype has achieved balun operation over 0.5 to 20 GHz with a 10/spl deg/ maximum phase error.<>
Keywords :
MESFET integrated circuits; baluns; distributed amplifiers; field effect MMIC; microwave amplifiers; 0.5 to 20 GHz; MESFET circuits; balun operation; closed-form expressions; distributed amplifier gate line termination; distributed amplifier topology; maximum phase error; multi-octave MMIC active baluns; noninverting output; output signals; Bandwidth; Capacitance; Circuits; Delay; Distributed amplifiers; Educational institutions; Frequency; Impedance matching; MMICs; Microwave FETs;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1995. Digest of Papers., IEEE 1995
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2590-7
DOI :
10.1109/MCS.1995.470954
