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Novel input‐matching charts for microwave amplifier design
Author(s) -
De Dominicis M.,
Giannini F.,
Limiti E.,
Serino A.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.11242
Subject(s) - amplifier , microwave , electronic engineering , matching (statistics) , transistor , electrical engineering , return loss , engineering , computer science , telecommunications , mathematics , cmos , statistics , voltage , antenna (radio)
Abstract The relationship between the amplifier input‐return loss (IRL) and the termination at the input of the active device is investigated and a useful expression relating the IRL to the available gain of the transistor is derived. Using such a relation, new charts for microwave amplifier design, which allow a direct tradeoff among often contrasting specifications, are generated. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 39: 439–443, 2003