The distributed amplifier as a signal processor for very high speed communication systems

Author

Borjak, A. ; Reilly, J. J O ; Monteiro, Pedro ; Darwazeh, I.Z.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

18-22 Nov 1996

Firstpage

793

Abstract

This paper discusses the use of distributed amplifier based transversal filter as a signal processor for high rate pulse shaping/filtering. Two schemes demonstrating practical approaches for the design of such filters are explored. Simulation results, based on the parameters of a commercially available 40 GHz HEMT foundry process, are presented to illustrate the practicability of the different schemes. A 40 GHz 4-stage distributed amplifier MMIC is constructed using one of the developed schemes and its performance is discussed

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; digital signal processing chips; distributed amplifiers; field effect MIMIC; field effect digital integrated circuits; integrated circuit layout; millimetre wave amplifiers; optical communication equipment; pulse shaping circuits; 40 GHz; 40 GHz 4-stage distributed amplifier MMIC; 40 GHz HEMT foundry process; design; distributed amplifier based transversal filter; high rate pulse filtering; high rate pulse shaping; performance; signal processor; very high speed communication systems; Delay lines; Distributed amplifiers; Filtering; HEMTs; Optical amplifiers; Preamplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods; Signal processing; Transversal filters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1996. GLOBECOM '96. 'Communications: The Key to Global Prosperity

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3336-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1996.585976

Filename

585976