A K-band RF-MEMS-enabled reconfigurable and multifunctional low-noise amplifier hybrid circuit

R. Malmqvist; C. Samuelsson; A. Gustafsson; Pekka Rantakari; S. Reyaz; Tauno Vähä-Heikkilä; A. Rydberg; Jussi Varis; D. Smith; R. Baggen

doi:10.1155/2011/284767

A K-band RF-MEMS-enabled reconfigurable and multifunctional low-noise amplifier hybrid circuit

R. Malmqvist (Corresponding Author), C. Samuelsson, A. Gustafsson, Pekka Rantakari, S. Reyaz, Tauno Vähä-Heikkilä, A. Rydberg, Jussi Varis, D. Smith, R. Baggen

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Abstract

A K-band (18–26.5 GHz) RF-MEMS-enabled reconfigurable and multifunctional dual-path LNA hybrid circuit (optimised for lowest/highest possible noise figure/linearity, resp.) is presented, together with its subcircuit parts. The two MEMS-switched low-NF (higher gain) and high-linearity (lower gain) LNA circuits (paths) present 16.0 dB/8.2 dB, 2.8 dB/4.9 dB and 15 dBm/20 dBm of small-signal gain, noise figure, and 1 dB compression point at 24 GHz, respectively. Compared with the two (fixed) LNA subcircuits used within this design, the MEMS-switched LNA circuit functions show minimum 0.6–1.3 dB higher NF together with similar values of P_1dB at 18–25 GHz. The gain of one LNA circuit path is reduced by 25–30 dB when the MEMS switch and active circuitry used within in the same switching branch are switched off to select the other LNA path and minimise power consumption.

Original language	English
Article number	284767
Number of pages	7
Journal	Active and Passive Electronic Components
Volume	2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/284767
Publication status	Published - 2011
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

K-band
RF-MEMS
SPDT switch
low noise amplifier
MMIC

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