Puppet123
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Hello.
I am designing an amplifier in SiGe HBT for operation in broadband frequency ranges of 0-85GHz - it is a broadband LNA basically. Not a distributed amplifier, but a lumped one.
I am using CPW for the passive elements and not spiral inductors for better control of the gain over the whole frequency range.
My questions: how do I size the CPW inductors ? Do they have to be a certain wavelength of the frequency (lamda over 4, lamda over 2) and what frequency should I design them for - the 3db frequency of the amplifier - since it is broadband ?
Are there any resources on designing inductors in CPW for amplifier design that anyone can provide ?
Thank you.
I am designing an amplifier in SiGe HBT for operation in broadband frequency ranges of 0-85GHz - it is a broadband LNA basically. Not a distributed amplifier, but a lumped one.
I am using CPW for the passive elements and not spiral inductors for better control of the gain over the whole frequency range.
My questions: how do I size the CPW inductors ? Do they have to be a certain wavelength of the frequency (lamda over 4, lamda over 2) and what frequency should I design them for - the 3db frequency of the amplifier - since it is broadband ?
Are there any resources on designing inductors in CPW for amplifier design that anyone can provide ?
Thank you.