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    MMIC Antenna Amplifier With Bypass Switch: G. Kleine

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    The document discusses an MMIC antenna amplifier with a bypass switch. It provides amplification of 14 dB over 100 MHz to 6 GHz with less than 2 dB noise figure. The amplifier can be bypassed for an insertion loss of 2.5 dB using internal switches. The circuit biases the MMIC using a resistor in the source lead to set the operating point, with negative feedback controlling the drain current.

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    The document discusses an MMIC antenna amplifier with a bypass switch. It provides amplification of 14 dB over 100 MHz to 6 GHz with less than 2 dB noise figure. The amplifier can be bypassed for an insertion loss of 2.5 dB using internal switches. The circuit biases the MMIC using a resistor in the source lead to set the operating point, with negative feedback controlling the drain current.

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    The document discusses an MMIC antenna amplifier with a bypass switch. It provides amplification of 14 dB over 100 MHz to 6 GHz with less than 2 dB noise figure. The amplifier can be bypassed for an insertion loss of 2.5 dB using internal switches. The circuit biases the MMIC using a resistor in the source lead to set the operating point, with negative feedback controlling the drain current.

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    SMALL CIRCUITSCOLLECTION

    output to IC1a by comparing the same two nodes with the


    opposite input.
    IC2 compares band-limited versions of the outputs and LT1720 LT1636
    biases IC1a’s negative input. IC1a’s only degree of freedom to
    respond is variation of pulse width; hence the outputs are + INA 1 8 VCC NULL 1 8 NULL
    forced to 50% duty cycle. The circuit operates from 2.7 V to 6 V. – IN 2 7 V+
    – INA 2 7 OUTA
    When ‘scoping the oscillator output signal, a slight depend-
    ence on comparator loading, will be noted, so equal and resis- – INB 3 6 OUTB + IN 3 6 OUT
    tive loading should be used in critical applications. The circuit V– 4 5 SHDN
    + INB 4 5 GND
    works well because of the two matched delays and rail-to-rail
    outputs of the LT1720.
    (004013-1)

    034 MMIC Antenna Amplifier with Bypass Switch


    G. Kleine
    3V
    Specifications for receiver frontends, converters and detectors
    are generally very demanding. On the one hand they need to R ID
    have high sensitivity and low noise to amplify small input sig- 56Ω 10mA
    ID
    nals while on the other, they must be able to handle large 22Ω 20mA MGA-72543
    input signals without distortion or overdriving subsequent 1n
    8Ω2 40mA
    stages. A solution to this problem is provided by the 100nH
    MGA72543 GaAs-RFIC. This IC contains a low noise RF pre-
    3 G D 2
    amp that, at high signal levels, can be bypassed altogether
    with internal switches. 100p 100p

    This IC provides an amplification factor of 14 dB over the S


    frequency range of 100 MHz to 6 GHz with a noise figure of 1 4
    R
    less than 2 dB. With the amplifier bypassed the insertion loss
    is 2.5 dB. The operating voltage is between +2.7 V and +4.2 V
    and the input and output are matched to 50 Ω. The value of
    10k

    LNA BYPASS
    supply current to the device controls the input signal handling 1n
    characteristics. At operating currents of 40 to 50 mA, the out- 004117 - 11
    put power at 1 dB gain compression (P1dB) is +16 dBm, while
    at 10 mA operating current this figure is +8 dBm.
    Biasing the MGA72543 is similar to using a discrete GaAs MGA-72543 witho bias resistor R effec-
    FET, the DC levels at the input (gate) and output (drain) are tively acts as a short circuit at
    GATE 3 1 SOURCE
    calculated to produce the desired operating current (10 - RF, ensuring that R is seen as
    50 mA). A gate bias method can be used but needs a negative SOURCE 4 2 DRAIN a short circuit. The switch is
    voltage, this is only convenient if a negative voltage is avail- SOT-343 used to put the device into
    able elsewhere in the circuit. The more usual method and the bypass mode by open circuit-
    one described here is to use a resistor in the source lead to set ing the source resistor. The
    the operating point. Negative feedback in this configuration operating current then drops to near zero.
    controls the drain current. The DC path to the gate is relatively (004117)
    high impedance and an RF choke is used to isolate the RF sig-
    nal from the DC supply. The 1 nF capacitor connected in parallel Internet Address: www.agilent.com

    035 Precision Voltage to Current Converter


    H. Bonekamp In such a system a precision converter is required to trans-
    In measurement and control systems a common method of late the measured values (typically in the form of a voltage
    sending control or measurement data over long distances is level) into a current on the loop i.e. a current source controlled
    by means of a ‘current loop’ using two wires. This system con- by a voltage.
    verts the measurement values into corresponding current lev- IC1b together with T1, R5–R8 and P2 form an instrumenta-
    els on the two wire loop. tion amplifier, this amplifier controls the voltage across resis-

    84 Elektor Electronics 12/2000

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