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

Shunji Kimura; Yuhki Imai

doi:10.1109/22.543965

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

Shunji Kimura, Yuhki Imai

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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. We 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2076-2082
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume	44
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/22.543965
Publication status	Published - Dec 1 1996
Externally published	Yes

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Radiation
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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