MMIC-Based Components for MM-Wave Instrumentation
Artikel i övrig tidskrift, 2010
In this letter, we present results of fully integrated 90-130 GHz receiver based on 100 nm mHEMT technology. The receiver contains a low noise amplifier (LNA), mixer and LO multiplier chain integrated into a single monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC). The circuit is packaged into a waveguide block, characterized and compared to on-wafer measurements. Waveguide to microstrip transitions are used to interface the MMIC to the waveguide. A breakout LNA circuit is also packaged, and its performance is compared to the receiver. The LNA noise was characterized on a wafer and after packaging. The packaged module is measured at both room and cryogenic temperatures, NF of 3.7 dB is measured at 300 K and 0.9 dB at 20 K.
millimeter wave
millimeter wave circuits
Frequency multiplier
mHEMT
ghz
monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC)
receivers
118 GHz
Författare
Vessen Vassilev
Gigahertzcentrum
Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik
Niklas Wadefalk
Gigahertzcentrum
Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik
Rumen Kozhuharov
Gigahertzcentrum
Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik
Morteza Abbasi
Gigahertzcentrum
Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik
Sten Gunnarsson
Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik
Gigahertzcentrum
Herbert Zirath
Gigahertzcentrum
Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik
T. Pellikka
Omnisys Instruments
A. Emrich
Omnisys Instruments
Miroslav Pantaleev
Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Onsala rymdobservatorium
I. Kallfass
Fraunhofer-Institut fur Angewandte Festkorperphysik - IAF
A. Leuther
Fraunhofer-Institut fur Angewandte Festkorperphysik - IAF
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
1531-1309 (ISSN) 15581764 (eISSN)
Vol. 20 10 578-580 5565367Ämneskategorier
Elektroteknik och elektronik
DOI
10.1109/LMWC.2010.2065797