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SEMICONDUCTOR APPLICATION NOTE
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Prepared by: Glenn Young
power gain of 16 dB and a bandwidth (– 1 dB) of 8 MHz.
Overall efficiency is 48.5% and all harmonics are a minimum
of 20 dB below the fundamental output.
Sections on construction and device handling
considerations are also presented.
INTRODUCTION
This note uses a 25 watt UHF amplifier design as a vehicle
to discuss microstrip design techniques. The design
concentrates on impedance matching and microstrip
construction considerations. A basic knowledge of Smith
chart techniques is helpful in understanding this note.1
The amplifier itself, as shown in Figure 1, provides 25
watts of output power in the 450 – 512 MHz UHF band. It
is designed for 12.5 volt operation which makes it useful for
mobile transmitting equipment. A variety of police, taxi,
trucking and utility maintenance communication systems
operate in this band.
MICROSTRIP DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
Microstrip design was used for this amplifier due to its
inherent superiority over other methods at this frequency.
These techniques not only offer good compatibility with the
Motorola “stripline” package but they also offer very good
reproducibility. Microstrip construction is more efficient than
lumped constant equivalents since microstrip lines are less
lossy than lumped constant components.
A summary of the performance of the completed amplifier
operating with a 12.5 volt supply at 512 MHz indicates a
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All Microstrip lines 5.72 mm wide 2.5 cm long
L1, L2, L3 – 5 turns #20 Closewound 3/16” I.D.
C1,2,3
C4,5,6
C7,8,9
470 pF feedthru
1.0 µF Tantalum
0.1 µF Ceramic
L4, L5, L6 – 0.15 µh molded choke
L7, L8 – Ferroxcube VK 200 20/4B or equivalent
Ferrite beads are Ferroxcube 56 590 65/3B
or equivalent
C10,11,13,15,16,171.5-20 pF Compression Trimmer ARCO 420
C12,14
10 pF Microwave capacitor ATC type
100-B-10-M-MS or equivalent
Figure 1. Schematic Diagram of 25 W UHF Amplifier
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