MICROWAVE TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIERS Analysis and Design Guillermo Gonzalez, Ph.D. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Miami PRENTICE-HALL, INC., Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 07632Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data ¢ GonzAtez, GUILLERMO, 1944 Microwave transistor amplifiers. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Transistor amplifiers. 2. Microwave amplifiers. L Title. TK7871.2.G59 1984 621.381'33 84-2074 ISBN 0-13-581646-7 Editorial/production supervision and interior design: Theresa A. Soler Manufacturing buyer: Anthony Caruso © 1984 by Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America 09876543 ISBN O-13-S81b4b-? Prentice-Hall International, Inc., London Prentice-Hall of Australia Pty. Limited, Sydney Editora Prentice-Hall do Brasil, Ltda., Rio de Janeiro Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., Toronto Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi Prentice-Hall of Japan, Inc., Tokyo Prentice-Hall of Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore Whitehall Books Limited, Wellington, New ZealandCONTENTS PREFACE vii 4 REPRESENTATIONS ~ OF TWO-PORT NETWORKS 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 The Impedance, Admittance, Hybrid, and ABCD Matrices 1.3 Traveling Waves and Transmission-Line Concepts 4 1.4 The Scattering Matrix and the Chain Scattering Matrix 8 1.5 Shifting Reference Planes 22 1.6 Properties of Scattering Parameters 2B 1.7 Generalized Scattering Parameters 19 1.8 Two-Port Network Parameters Conversions 22 1.9 Scattering Parameters of Transistors 23 1.10 Characteristics of Microwave Transistors 31 ) MATCHING NETWORKS ~ “AND SIGNAL FLOW GRAPHS 42 2.1 Introduction 42 2.2. The Smith Chart 43 2.3. The Normalized Impedance and Admittance Smith Chart 51