{"title":"Design of a 10GHz bandwidth variable gain amplifier using a GaAs HBT technology","authors":"Lei Zhou, Danyu Wu, Jin Wu, Zhi Jin, Xinyu Liu","doi":"10.1109/MMWCST.2012.6238134","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports a fully differential variable gain amplifier (VGA) using GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs). Gilbert cells with transimpedance loads are applied to achieve wide bandwidth. According to the single-ended measurements, the 3-dB bandwidth is 10.5GHz at a maximum gain of 22dB. A gain-bandwidth product of 132GHz is achieved. The circuit consists of two cascaded variable gain stages to offer a high dynamic range. The experiment results show the dynamic range is larger than 28dB. The chip consumes 368mV at a supply voltage of -5.2V. Design considerations and experimental results are presented in this paper.","PeriodicalId":150727,"journal":{"name":"The 2012 International Workshop on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Circuits and System Technology","volume":"181 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The 2012 International Workshop on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Circuits and System Technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMWCST.2012.6238134","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper reports a fully differential variable gain amplifier (VGA) using GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs). Gilbert cells with transimpedance loads are applied to achieve wide bandwidth. According to the single-ended measurements, the 3-dB bandwidth is 10.5GHz at a maximum gain of 22dB. A gain-bandwidth product of 132GHz is achieved. The circuit consists of two cascaded variable gain stages to offer a high dynamic range. The experiment results show the dynamic range is larger than 28dB. The chip consumes 368mV at a supply voltage of -5.2V. Design considerations and experimental results are presented in this paper.
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