Title :
Efficient transient compression using an all-silicon nonlinear transmission line
Author :
Birk, M. ; Kibbel, H. ; Warns, C. ; Trasser, A. ; Schumacher, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron Devices & Circuits, Ulm Univ., Germany
fDate :
5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Nonlinear transmission lines (NLTLs) have so far only been fabricated on GaAs. Here, an NLTL was monolithically integrated on a 2000-Ω·cm silicon substrate, demonstrating the applicability of the NLTL concept to silicon millimeter-wave integrated circuits (SIMMWICs). The fall time of 74 ps of a 4-GHz sinewave was compressed to 32 ps at the output of the NLTL, in accordance with theory. This is the first working NLTL on silicon to our knowledge
Keywords :
MIMIC; coplanar waveguides; elemental semiconductors; equivalent circuits; pulse compression; silicon; transmission line theory; 2000 ohmcm; CPW implementation; MIMIC; Si; Si nonlinear transmission line; Si substrate; millimeter-wave integrated circuits; monolithic integration; transient compression; Capacitance; Circuits; Coplanar waveguides; Gallium arsenide; Impedance; Power system transients; Schottky diodes; Silicon; Transmission line theory; Transmission lines;
Journal_Title :
Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE
