{"title":"A Low Current, High Gain Monolithic Amplifier Covering 5-20 GHz Bandwidth","authors":"P. Terzian","doi":"10.1109/MCS.1987.1114508","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A monolithic amplifier has been developed using a three-stage structure with feedback input/output stages and a reactively matched middle stage. The amplifier has exhibited greater than 12dB gain across 5-20 GHz bandwidth at a bias current of 40mA. The current to gain efficiency of 3.3mA/dB is the highest ever reported for a monolithic amplifier covering this bandwidth. The VSWR is less than 2.0:1 at input and less than 2.5:1 at output. The middle stage also provides a separate gain control with greater than 10dB dynamic range.","PeriodicalId":231710,"journal":{"name":"Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1987-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MCS.1987.1114508","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A monolithic amplifier has been developed using a three-stage structure with feedback input/output stages and a reactively matched middle stage. The amplifier has exhibited greater than 12dB gain across 5-20 GHz bandwidth at a bias current of 40mA. The current to gain efficiency of 3.3mA/dB is the highest ever reported for a monolithic amplifier covering this bandwidth. The VSWR is less than 2.0:1 at input and less than 2.5:1 at output. The middle stage also provides a separate gain control with greater than 10dB dynamic range.