Title :
Fully monolithic millimetre-wave mixer and IF amplifier with bow-tie antenna on GaAs substrate
Author :
Matsuura, H. ; Tezuka, K. ; Aoki, I. ; Yamanaka, M. ; Kobayashi, S. ; Fujita, T. ; Miura, A. ; Naeayama, Y.
Author_Institution :
Teratec Corp., Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
10/9/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A bow-tie antenna; a diode mixer and an IF amplifier were integrated as a monolithic chip and mounted on a case that had two windows for millimetre-wave signals. The measured 2 GHz IF signal was -50 dBm with a ~90 GHz LO signal
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Schottky diode mixers; bipolar MIMIC; gallium arsenide; integrated circuit packaging; intermediate-frequency amplifiers; microstrip antennas; millimetre wave mixers; 2 GHz; 90 GHz; EHF; GaAs; GaAs HBT process; GaAs substrate; IF amplifier; MIMIC; MM-wave IC; bow-tie antenna; diode mixer; down-converting mixer; millimetre-wave mixer; millimetre-wave signal windows; monolithic chip; monolithic millimetre-wave IC;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19971236
