Title :
A proposal of a broadband high gain block using cascaded single-stage distributed amplifiers
Author :
Liang, Jia Yi ; Aitchison, Colin S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, UK
Abstract :
This paper proposes a novel configuration for broad bandwidth, high gain block by using cascaded single-stage distributed amplifier. Libra simulation shows that this configuration provides 11 dB more gain than the conventional distributed amplifier using the same active devices
Keywords :
HEMT integrated circuits; MESFET integrated circuits; MMIC amplifiers; cascade networks; circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; distributed amplifiers; field effect MMIC; wideband amplifiers; Libra simulation; MESFET/HEMT circuits; MMIC amplifiers; active devices; broadband high gain block; cascaded single-stage distributed amplifiers; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Capacitance; Cutoff frequency; Distributed amplifiers; Gain; Impedance matching; MESFETs; Proposals; Transmission lines;
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Electron Devices for Microwave and Optoelectronic Applications, 1995. EDMO., IEEE 1995 Workshop on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2537-0
DOI :
10.1109/EDMO.1995.493715
