학술논문

A novel broadband bidirectional matrix amplifier
Document Type
Conference
Source
[1991] GaAs IC Symposium Technical Digest Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit (GaAs IC) Symposium, 1991. Technical Digest 1991., 13th Annual. :315-318 1991
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Broadband amplifiers
Distributed amplifiers
Transmission line matrix methods
Gain
Radiofrequency amplifiers
Radio frequency
Fabrication
Phased arrays
Gallium arsenide
Distributed parameter circuits
Language
Abstract
The design, fabrication, and performance of a 6-18 GHz, 2*5 bidirectional matrix distributed amplifier is described. This amplifier, having two bidirectional distributed amplifier chains stacked together, shares the same gain elements in both the transmit and receive directions. The amplifier has shown >10 dB gain with better than +or-0.5 dB of gain tracking and +or-5.0 degrees of phase tracking between the transmit and receive directions over the 7-17 GHz frequency band. In addition, the biasing scheme of this amplifier enables the stages to be connected in cascade at RF frequencies and in cascode for DC biasing, thus conserving current.ETX