A DC-100 GHz Bandwidth and 20.5 dB Gain Limiting Amplifier in 0.25μm InP DHBT Technology

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Daneshgar, Saeid [1 ]
Griffith, Zach [2 ]
Rodwell, Mark J. W. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[2] Teledyne Sci & Imaging, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 USA
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Cherry-Hooper architecture; broadband amplifier; Limiting Amplifier; Indium Phosphide (InP); monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); optical fiber communications; TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIER; DYNAMIC-RANGE; DESIGN;
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A DC-100 GHz limiting amplifier is designed and fabricated in a 0.25 mu m InP DHBT technology. The amplifier is designed in two stages using a modified Cherry-Hooper architecture proceeding an emitter-follower at each stage. Consuming 145mW of power from a -2.5V supply, it achieves 20.5 dB differential S-21 gain with less than 1 dB gain ripple and better than 20 dB and 15 dB input and output return losses, respectively. The group delay of S-21 is 9 psec with a variation less than +/- 5.5 psec around that. Time domain large signal measurements verifies a single-ended output swing of 260 mV.
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