Design of a [DC - 20 GHz] buffered track and hold circuit in InP DHBT technology

Author

El Aabbaom, H. ; Gorisse, Benoît ; Rolland, Nathalie ; Benlarbi-Delaï, Aziz ; Fel, Nicolas ; Allouche, Virginie ; Leclerc, Pascal ; Riondef, B. ; Rolland, Paul-Alain

Author_Institution

Lille I Univ., Villeneuve d´´Ascq

fYear

2007

fDate

8-10 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

259

Lastpage

262

Abstract

This paper describes the design and realization of a buffered track and hoId (BTH) circuit fabricated in InP-InGaAs-InP double heterojunction bipolar transistor (DHBT) technology (F_T = 180 GHz). This BTH is intended for a single shot, 20 GHz bandwidth and 40 GS/s sampling frequency digitizer based on the non simultaneous spatial sampling principle. Based on a high speed switched emitter follower (SEF), the BTH can ensure 20 GHz bandwidth signal compatible with the targeted objectives. First experimental results in the frequency domain and a novel optimized architecture leading to a combination between thr SEF arid the Cherry Hooper design based buffer are also presented.

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; bipolar analogue integrated circuits; buffer circuits; frequency-domain analysis; gallium arsenide; heterojunction bipolar transistors; indium compounds; microwave circuits; sample and hold circuits; Cherry Hooper design; DHBT technology; InP-InGaAs-InP; buffered track; double heterojunction bipolar transistor; frequency 20 GHz; frequency domain; sampiing frequency digitizer; spatial sampling principle; switched emitter follower; track-hold circuit; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Circuits; DH-HEMTs; Frequency; Indium phosphide; Radar tracking; Sampling methods; Signal analysis; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Integrated Circuit Conference, 2007. EuMIC 2007. European

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-2-87487-002-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMICC.2007.4412698

Filename

4412698