{"title":"A GaAs MMIC for a 2-7 GHz successive detection logarithmic amplifier","authors":"L. Chua","doi":"10.1109/MCS.1992.186021","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The author reports on a GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) for a six-chip successive detection logarithmic amplifier (SDLA) which operates over the frequency band of 2 to 7 GHz with a logging error within +or-1.25 dB over a 54-dB dynamic range. This is very close to the theoretical value of +or-1.1 dB for a 9-dB stage gain. The results represent the best published figures and lowest chip count per stage for both hybrid MIC and MMIC realizations of an SDLA above 2 GHz. A summary of the measured performance of the module at 31 degrees C is given.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":336288,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 1992 Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium Digest of Papers","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","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.1992.186021","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The author reports on a GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) for a six-chip successive detection logarithmic amplifier (SDLA) which operates over the frequency band of 2 to 7 GHz with a logging error within +or-1.25 dB over a 54-dB dynamic range. This is very close to the theoretical value of +or-1.1 dB for a 9-dB stage gain. The results represent the best published figures and lowest chip count per stage for both hybrid MIC and MMIC realizations of an SDLA above 2 GHz. A summary of the measured performance of the module at 31 degrees C is given.<>