ELEC 412 RF amp; Microwave Engineering.ppt

ELEC 412 - Lecture 19 Stub Tuner Matched RF Amplifiers Stub tuners can be used to match sources and load to S11* and S22* of the RF BJT or FET Either open or short circuit stubs may be used When using short circuit stubs, place a capacitor between the stub and ground to produce RF path to ground – Do not short directly to ground as this will affect transistor DC biasing High resistance ?/4 transformers or RFC’s may be used to provide DC path to transistor for biasing without affecting the RF signal path Stub Tuner Matched RF Amplifier Stub Tuner Matched RF Amplifier Design Strategy: RF Amplifiers Objective: Design a complete class A, single-stage RF amplifier operated at 1 GHz which includes biasing, matching networks, and RF/DC isolation. Design Strategy: RF Amplifier Design DC biasing conditions Select S-parameters for operating frequency Build input and output matching networks for desired frequency response Include RF/DC isolation simulate amplifier performance on the computer Design Strategy: Approach Power Relationships Transducer Power Gain Stability of Active Device Stability of Amplifiers In a two-port network, oscillations are possible if the magnitude of either the input or output reflection coefficient is greater than unity, which is equivalent to presenting a negative resistance at the port. This instability is characterized by |Gin| 1 or |Gout| 1 which for a unilateral device implies |S11| 1 or |S22| 1. Stability Requirements ?Thus the requirements for stability are and ? These are defined by circles, called stability circles, that delimit |Gin | = 1 and | GL | = 1 on the Smith chart. Stability Regions: Stability Circles Regions of amplifier stability can be depicted using stability circles using the following: Output stability circle: Stability Regions: Stability Circles Where: Stability Regions: Output Stability Circles Stability Regions: Input Stability Circles Differe