0-40 GHz GaAs MESFET distributed baseband amplifier IC's for high-speed optical transmission

被引:25
作者
Kimura, S
Imai, Y
机构
[1] NTT LSI Laboratories, Atsugi, Kanagawa, 243-01
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10.1109/22.543965
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We describe distributed amplifiers built using advanced circuit design techniques to improve gain and noise performance at low frequencies, Using these techniques, we have developed an amplifier IC with a 0-36 GHz bandwidth and a noise figure of 4 dB at low frequencies, This frequency range starting from 0 Hz makes it possible to use the IC as a baseband amplifier for SDH optical transmission systems and this noise figure is about 1 dB better than conventional distributed amplifiers, me also present another amplifier IC built using our loss compensation technique to improve high-frequency performance of the amplifier, This IC has a 0-44-GHz bandwidth, which is the widest among all reported GaAs MESFET baseband amplifiers.
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页码:2076 / 2082
页数:7
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