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Design and Implementation of Broadband RF Amplifier for Microwave Receiver

마이크로웨이브 수신기용 광대역 RF 증폭기 설계 및 제작

  • Received : 2015.05.25
  • Accepted : 2015.06.23
  • Published : 2015.06.30
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Abstract

In this paper, We proposed a broadband RF amplifier for Microwave band receiver. We also proposed a broadband RF amplifier, designed by using EM simulation for reliable amplification of the received signal. Connected to a source terminal to via, it minimizes those which are the active elements of source-side oscillation as the operating element in an ideal GND, and a constant gain characteristic in a broadband. The goal of this was to obtain stable amplification characteristics. For implementing this architecture, we designed the broadband(500 MHz ~ 7 GHz) RF amplifier by using commercial GaAs FET, which operate on 720 MHz, 4,595 MHz, and 6,035 MHz by impedance matching. The voltage gain is 10.635 dB ~ 14.407 dB(737.5 MHz ~ 6.0575 GHz), P1dB is 20 dBc of band(1st harmonic/2nd harmonic).

본 논문은 마이크로웨이브 수신기 구성을 위한 광대역 RF 증폭기를 설계 및 제작하였다. 제안한 광대역 RF 증폭기는 수신된 신호의 안정적인 증폭을 위하여 소스단자에 연결되는 비아까지 EM설계를 하였으며, 능동소자의 소오스(Source) 측이 이상적인 접지(GND)로 동작함에 따라 발진하는 요소를 최소화 하여 광대역에서 일정한 이득 특성 및 안정적인 증폭특성을 얻도록 하였다. 상용 GaAs FET를 사용하고, 광대역 마이크로웨이브 수신기의 IF 주파수 대역인 720 MHz, 4,595 MHz와 6,035 MHz에서 동작하도록 입력 및 출력 정합회로를 구성하였다. 제작 및 측정결과 500 MHz ~ 7 GHz의 광대역 특성을 나타내었으며, 전압이득은 737.5 MHz에서 6.0575 GHz까지 10.635 dB ~ 13.129 dB, 기본파와 제2차 고조파 사이에서 20 dBc 이상의 고조파 억압특성을 나타내었다.

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