Broadband Microwave Amplifier Design with Lumped Elements


ŞENGÜL M.

Frequenz, vol.70, no.3-4, pp.183-188, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 70 Issue: 3-4
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1515/freq-2015-0183
  • Journal Name: Frequenz
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.183-188
  • Keywords: broadband, lumped elements, matching networks, microwave amplifiers
  • Istanbul Kültür University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This study introduces a broadband microwave amplifier design that utilizes the measured scattering parameters of active devices without assuming an initial topology for the matching networks or an analytic form of the system transfer function. The algorithm can be extended to design multistage broadband microwave amplifiers. An example is given to illustrate the application of the proposed method. It was found that the proposed method provides very good initials for CAD tools to further improve amplifier performance by working on the element values.