The AD8041 is fabricated on Analog Devices’ proprietary eXtra-Fast Complementary Bipolar (XFCB) process, which enables the construction of PNP and NPN transistors with similar fT in the 2 GHz to 4 GHz region. The process is dielectrically isolated to eliminate the parasitic and latch-up problems caused by junction isolation. These features allow the construction of high frequency, low distortion amplifiers with low supply currents. This design uses a differential output input stage to maximize bandwidth and headroom (see Figure 5). The smaller signal swings required on the first stage outputs (nodes S1P, S1N) reduce the effect of nonlinear currents due to junction capacitances and improve the distortion performance. With this design harmonic distortion of better than –85 dB @ 1 MHz into 100 Ω with VOUT = 2 V p-p (Gain = +2) on a single 5 V supply is achieved.