Broadband design techniques and technology for future wireless and wire-line applications

Author

Kobayashi, Kevin W. ; Krishnamurthy, Karthik ; Vetury, Ramakrishna ; McCleary, Ying ; Hillermeier, Rainer ; Shealy, Jeff B.

Author_Institution

RF Micro Devices, Torrance, CA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

7-10 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

924

Lastpage

931

Abstract

This paper will describe MMIC design techniques and technology for key broadband front-end components that address future wireless and wire-line infrastructure applications. The paper will focus on three different topics: 1) history, design technique & technology evolution of the Darlington RF amplifier, 2) linear design for new 100 Gbps fiber ICs, and 3) high performance broadband GaN front-end designs for CATV and SDR RF communication systems.

Keywords

MMIC power amplifiers; cable television; millimetre wave bipolar transistors; radiocommunication; radiofrequency amplifiers; CATV; Darlington RF amplifier; GaN front-end designs; MMIC design techniques; RF communication; SDR; broadband front-end components; wireless infrastructure; wireline infrastructure; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Gallium nitride; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Linearity; PHEMTs; Radio frequency; 100GE; Broadband; Darlington; Distributed; Gallium Nitride; Linearization; Low Noise; Power;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2010 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Yokohama

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7590-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-902339-22-2

Type

conf

Filename

5728547