[go: up one dir, main page]

Barber et al., 2003 - Google Patents

A true logarithmic amplifier for radar IF applications

Barber et al., 2003

Document ID
3009412742896693194
Author
Barber W
Brown E
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

External Links

Snippet

There are certain radar receivers where the settling time of an AGC loop is unacceptable and an amplifier is required which will compress the dynamic range instantaneously. A common technique for accomplishing this is to use a logarithmic amplifier. This has other …
Continue reading at ieeexplore.ieee.org (other versions)

Classifications

    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03HIMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS
    • H03H11/00Networks using active elements
    • H03H11/02Multiple-port networks
    • H03H11/04Frequency selective two-port networks
    • H03H11/12Frequency selective two-port networks using amplifiers with feedback
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03GCONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION
    • H03G1/00Details of arrangements for controlling amplification
    • H03G1/0005Circuits characterised by the type of controlling devices operated by a controlling current or voltage signal
    • H03G1/0017Circuits characterised by the type of controlling devices operated by a controlling current or voltage signal the device being at least one of the amplifying solid state elements of the amplifier
    • H03G1/0023Circuits characterised by the type of controlling devices operated by a controlling current or voltage signal the device being at least one of the amplifying solid state elements of the amplifier in emitter-coupled or cascode amplifiers
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03MCODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M1/00Analogue/digital conversion; Digital/analogue conversion
    • H03M1/12Analogue/digital converters
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03DDEMODULATION OR TRANSFERENCE OF MODULATION FROM ONE CARRIER TO ANOTHER
    • H03D9/00Demodulation or transference of modulation of modulated electromagnetic waves
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03DDEMODULATION OR TRANSFERENCE OF MODULATION FROM ONE CARRIER TO ANOTHER
    • H03D2200/00Indexing scheme relating to details of demodulation or transference of modulation from one carrier to another covered by H03D
    • H03D2200/0041Functional aspects of demodulators
    • H03D2200/0049Analog multiplication for detection
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03FAMPLIFIERS
    • H03F3/00Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements
    • GPHYSICS
    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06GANALOGUE COMPUTERS
    • G06G7/00Devices in which the computing operation is performed by varying electric or magnetic quantities
    • G06G7/12Arrangements for performing computing operations, e.g. operational amplifiers
    • G06G7/24Arrangements for performing computing operations, e.g. operational amplifiers for evaluating logarithmic or exponential functions, e.g. hyperbolic functions

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
Barber et al. A true logarithmic amplifier for radar IF applications
DE69003385T2 (en) LOGARITHMIC AMPLIFIER.
Harrison et al. Nonsquarelaw behavior of diode detectors analyzed by the Ritz-Galerkin method
US4994773A (en) Digitally controlled monolithic active phase shifter apparatus having a cascode configuration
US5521542A (en) Logarithmic amplifier circuit using triple-tail cells
Pavio et al. Double balanced mixers using active and passive techniques
US3304419A (en) Solid-state analog multiplier circuit
DE69320442T2 (en) Device with signal strength indicator and circuit arrangement with logarithmic detector
EP0726650B1 (en) Balanced phase splitting circuit
Shaterian et al. Analysis and design of the true piecewise approximation logarithmic amplifiers
US5631594A (en) Tunable logarithmic amplifier circuit using cascaded triple-tail cells
US4980584A (en) Multi-stage wideband successive detection logarithmic amplifier
US4167681A (en) Microwave power limiter comprising a dual-gate FET
Acciari et al. Theory and performance of parabolic true logarithmic amplifier
JP3081210B2 (en) Linear gain amplifier
Barna et al. A simple diode model including conductivity modulation
US3493882A (en) Unit transistor amplifier with matched input and output impedances
Avignon-Meseldžija et al. A compact active phaser with enhanced group delay linearity for analog signal processing
US6661286B2 (en) Variable gain amplifier
Visocchi et al. Design and evaluation of a high-precision, fully tunable OTA-C bandpass filter implemented in GaAs MESFET technology
Hsue et al. Transient responses of an exponential transmission line and its applications to high-speed backdriving in in-circuit test
US4890068A (en) Open-loop current amplifiers having improved gain characteristics
Eisenberg et al. Slotline and coplanar waveguide team to realize a novel MMIC double balanced mixer
EP0044047B1 (en) Circuit arrangement for increasing the effective signal of a hall senser
Ho et al. A monolithic MM-wave GaAs FET power amplifier for 35 GHz seeker applications