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Vol. 19 No. 2 (2023)

Published: December 31, 2023

Pages: 110-117

Original Article

Power Efficient LNA for Satellite Communications

Haidar N. Al-Anbagi 1 Abdulghafor A. Abdulhameed Ahmed M. Jasim 2 Maryam Jahanbakhshi Abdulhameed Al Obaid 3
1Department of Electronics and Information Technology, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
2College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, London, UK
3RIV Lab, Department of Computer Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
History
  • Received: May 5, 2023
  • Revised: June 15, 2023
  • Accepted: June 29, 2023
  • Available Online: July 10, 2023
DOI

https://doi.org/10.37917/ijeee.19.2.13

Abstract

This article presents a power-efficient low noise amplifier (LNA) with high gain and low noise figure (NF) dedicated to satellite communications at a frequency of 435 MHz. LNAs’ gain and NF play a significant role in the designs for satellite ground terminals seeking high amplification and maintaining a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The proposed design utilized the transistor (BFP840ESD) to achieve a low NF of 0.459 dB and a high-power gain of 26.149 dB. The study carries out the LNA design procedure, from biasing the transistor, testing its stability at the operation frequency, and finally terminating the appropriate matching networks. In addition to the achieved high gain and low NF, the proposed LNA consumes as low power as only 2 mW.

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