{"title":"A GaAs MMIC based successive detection logarithmic amplifier","authors":"D.J. Nelly, D. Parsons","doi":"10.1109/MCS.1992.186022","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A six-stage successive detection logarithmic amplifier is described in which each stage is a GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) incorporating RF amplification, detection, and a novel video summation technique, using standard 0.5- mu m process field effect transistors (FETs) and Schottky diodes. The circuit had a dynamic range of 80 dB at 3.8 GHz with linearity of +or-1 dB and power dissipation of 4.0 W. RF and video processing have been incorporated on a single die. Pulse performance and other parameters are summarized.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":336288,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 1992 Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium Digest of Papers","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE 1992 Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium Digest of Papers","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MCS.1992.186022","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A six-stage successive detection logarithmic amplifier is described in which each stage is a GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) incorporating RF amplification, detection, and a novel video summation technique, using standard 0.5- mu m process field effect transistors (FETs) and Schottky diodes. The circuit had a dynamic range of 80 dB at 3.8 GHz with linearity of +or-1 dB and power dissipation of 4.0 W. RF and video processing have been incorporated on a single die. Pulse performance and other parameters are summarized.<>