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A single versatile wideband amplifier from LNA up to MPA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2014

François-Xavier Estagerie ,
Dominique Langrez ,
Jean-Luc Muraro ,
Jean-Louis Cazaux  and
Rémy Leblanc
François-Xavier Estagerie*
Affiliation:
Thales Alenia Space – France, 26 Avenue Jean-François Champollion, BP 1187, 31087 Toulouse Cedex, France. Phone: +33 (0) 5 34 35 72 55
Dominique Langrez
Affiliation:
Thales Alenia Space – France, 26 Avenue Jean-François Champollion, BP 1187, 31087 Toulouse Cedex, France. Phone: +33 (0) 5 34 35 72 55
Jean-Luc Muraro
Affiliation:
Thales Alenia Space – France, 26 Avenue Jean-François Champollion, BP 1187, 31087 Toulouse Cedex, France. Phone: +33 (0) 5 34 35 72 55
Jean-Louis Cazaux
Affiliation:
Thales Alenia Space – France, 26 Avenue Jean-François Champollion, BP 1187, 31087 Toulouse Cedex, France. Phone: +33 (0) 5 34 35 72 55
Rémy Leblanc
Affiliation:
OMMIC, 2 chemin du Moulin, BP11, 94453 Limeil Brévannes Cedex, France
*
Corresponding author: F.-X. Estagerie Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

This work presents a wideband amplifier, in 12–19 GHz frequency range, with noise figure lower than 1.35 and 26 dB of gain developed in the frame of European Component Initiative program, supported by European Space Agency. By using a flexible biasing, this amplifier allows us to reach a significant linearity, output power at 1 dB compression up to 19 dBm, or to reduce the DC consumption close to 210 mW. This versatility implies that a user has a low-noise amplifier) or medium power amplifier in a single chip. The D01PHS process, from OMMIC foundry, has been chosen in order to realize this MMIC, thanks to linearity capability, and also thanks to a significant potential for low-noise amplification.

Keywords

Circuit design and applicationsLow noise and communication receivers
Type
Industrial and Engineering Paper
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 6 , Issue 1: IJMWT Special Issue on the 2013 National Microwave Days in France , February 2014 , pp. 23 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2014 

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