InGaP/GaAs HBT MMIC Amplifier with Active Balun for Ultra-Wideband Self-Complementary Antenna

Itaru NAKAGAWA; Ryo ISHIKAWA; Kazuhiko HONJO; Masao SHIMADA

doi:10.1093/ietele/e89-c.12.1814

InGaP/GaAs HBT MMIC Amplifier with Active Balun for Ultra-Wideband Self-Complementary Antenna

Itaru NAKAGAWA, Ryo ISHIKAWA, Kazuhiko HONJO, Masao SHIMADA

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An InGaP/GaAs HBT MMIC amplifier with an active balun has been developed for ultra-wideband radio systems (UWB). The MMIC was designed to drive a self-complementary antenna with a balanced mode, where an input impedance is 60π ohms. The MMIC consists of a common mode negative feed back ultra-wideband amplifier circuit, an active balun circuit, and a high impedance drive circuit. The developed amplifier provides a 3-dB gain roll-off bandwidth from 2.4 GHz to 10.8 GHz with a 14.1-dB linear power gain, and a linear power output up to 3 dBm. The developed amplifier with the active balun provides a 3-dB gain roll-off bandwidth from 2.3 GHz to 8.6 GHz with a 21.3-dB power gain in a balanced mode, and a linear power output up to 0.6 dBm. The measured total group delay is less than 32 psec. Output signals at the balanced output terminals of the MMIC were kept inverted with a steep pulse shape for an impulse input signal of 57-psec pulse width.

Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E89-C No.12 pp.1814-1820

Publication Date: 2006/12/01

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Online ISSN: 1745-1353

DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e89-c.12.1814

Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Emerging Microwave Techniques)

Category: Active Circuits/Devices/Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits

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Itaru NAKAGAWA, Ryo ISHIKAWA, Kazuhiko HONJO, Masao SHIMADA, "InGaP/GaAs HBT MMIC Amplifier with Active Balun for Ultra-Wideband Self-Complementary Antenna" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics, vol. E89-C, no. 12, pp. 1814-1820, December 2006, doi: 10.1093/ietele/e89-c.12.1814.
Abstract: An InGaP/GaAs HBT MMIC amplifier with an active balun has been developed for ultra-wideband radio systems (UWB). The MMIC was designed to drive a self-complementary antenna with a balanced mode, where an input impedance is 60π ohms. The MMIC consists of a common mode negative feed back ultra-wideband amplifier circuit, an active balun circuit, and a high impedance drive circuit. The developed amplifier provides a 3-dB gain roll-off bandwidth from 2.4 GHz to 10.8 GHz with a 14.1-dB linear power gain, and a linear power output up to 3 dBm. The developed amplifier with the active balun provides a 3-dB gain roll-off bandwidth from 2.3 GHz to 8.6 GHz with a 21.3-dB power gain in a balanced mode, and a linear power output up to 0.6 dBm. The measured total group delay is less than 32 psec. Output signals at the balanced output terminals of the MMIC were kept inverted with a steep pulse shape for an impulse input signal of 57-psec pulse width.
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