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4–20 GHz GaAs True-Time Delay Amplifier MMIC
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- Authors
- Dong-Hwan Shin, In-Bok Yom, Dong-Wook Kim
- Issue Date
- 2017-12
- Citation
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, v.27, no.12, pp.1119-1121
- ISSN
- 1531-1309
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Language
- English
- Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- A wideband amplifier with a fine control of the true-time delay (TTD) has been successfully implemented using a commercial 0.5-챙m GaAs pHEMT monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) process. The proposed circuit effectively combines switching elements into an artificial transmission line structure in a distributed amplifier to achieve an adjustable TTD which enables time delay control with gain in a wider band than other GaAs-based TTD circuits. The TTD amplifier MMIC achieves a controllable delay of 9 ps, a gain of 9 to 2 dB, and a typical return loss of more than 10 dB from 4 to 20 GHz. The proposed TTD amplifier can be effectively integrated into a multifunction chip based on GaAs semiconductors for wideband active electronically scanned array or phased array systems.
- KSP Keywords
- Active electronically scanned array(AESA), Distributed amplifier(DA), Fine control, GaAs PHEMT, Microwave Integrated Circuits(MICs), Microwave monolithic integrated circuits(MMIC), Phased array systems, Return Loss, Switching element, Time Delay Control, Wideband amplifier