Design of Microwave Active Devices

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Amplification in Linear Mode

1.1. Principles of microwave amplification

1.2. Narrowband amplifiers with maximum gain.

1.3. Low-noise narrowband amplifier

1.4. Specific configurations for transistors

1.5. Wideband amplification.

1.6. Differential amplifier

1.7. Bibliography

Chapter 2 Power Amplification

2.1. Characteristics of power amplifiers.

2.2. Analysis of the operation of a power amplifier

2.3. Classes of operation.

2.4. Architectures of power amplifiers.

2.5. Design example of an amplifier in class B

2.6. Linearization and efficiency improvement

2.7. Bibliography

Chapter 3 Frequency Transposition

3.1. Operating principles.

3.2. Mixer characteristics

3.3. Simple mixer operation

3.4. Balanced mixer topologies

3.5. Topology of passive and active mixers.

3.6. Frequency multipliers

3.7. Bibliography

Chapter 4 Oscillators.

4.1. Operating principles.

4.2. Analysis of one-port circuit-type oscillators.

4.3. Oscillator characteristics.

4.4. Impedance with a negative resistive component

4.5. Fixed-frequency oscillators

4.6. Electronically tunable oscillators

4.7. Bibliography

Chapter 5 Control Functions

5.1. Semiconductor components for control functions

5.2. Variable attenuators.

5.3. Variable phase shifters

5.4. Switches

5.5. Bibliography

Appendix 1 Lossless Two-Port Network: Mismatching

Appendix 2 Noise in a Balanced Amplifier

Appendix 3 Specific Topologies with Transistors.

A3.1. Common-grid and common-drain topologies

A3.2. Cascade association of 2 ...