Abstract
Recent GaAs FET devices have exhibited promising capabilities for microwave amplification. Circuit designers, however, found two problems with the FET applications, namely, the characteristically high input/output impedances are difficult to match into a 5Ω system and the potential instabilities that exists at frequencies below 4 GHz. This paper describes development work done on feedback circuits in designing an unconditionally stable FET amplifier in the 3.1-3.5 GHz frequency range by using conventional microstrip techniques, and also investigates the effect of feedback components on noise and output capabilities.

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