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Abstract

Harmonica (a CAD program) and a new circuit analysis program called Puff have been used to develop a computer-aided design/fabrication system. Using this system, one can design, simulate and build simple microwave circuits in less than a day. The system was used to develop a 3 GHz amplifier based on a Fujitsu packaged transistor and microstrip matching networks. The measured performance results agreed closely with those that the simulation predicted.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA200525

Entities

People

  • Pravin Varaiya

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Bandpass Filters
  • Circuit Analysis
  • Circuits
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Frequency
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Local Oscillators
  • Microwaves
  • Millimeter Waves
  • Networks
  • Radiation
  • Simulations

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics