Broadband and compact SiBJT balanced up-converter MMIC using Si 3-D MMIC technology

Author

Nishikawa, K. ; Kamogawa, K. ; Nakagawa, T. ; Piernas, B. ; Araki, K.

Author_Institution

NTT Network Innovation Labs., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

20-24 May 2001

Firstpage

87

Abstract

This paper presents a broadband and compact SiBJT balanced up-converter MMIC using Si 3-D MMIC technology. The balanced up-converter consists of newly designed Marchand-type balun, and two unit mixers that have stacked matching circuits. The fabricated balanced upconverter MMICs occupies just 1 mm/sup 2/ but achieves a conversion gain of 2.5 dB/spl plusmn/2.5 dB and LO signal suppression of more than 30 dB at an RF port from 12 GHz to 27 GHz. The power consumption is 9.8 mW with 1 V supply voltage. The broadband performance factor of the fabricated MMIC is twice those of previously reported balanced up-converter MMICs.

Keywords

MMIC frequency convertors; MMIC mixers; baluns; bipolar MIMIC; bipolar MMIC; millimetre wave frequency convertors; millimetre wave mixers; 1 V; 12 to 27 GHz; 2.5 dB; 3D MMIC technology; 40 GHz; 62 GHz; 9.8 mW; BJT balanced upconverter MMIC; LO signal suppression; Marchand-type balun; Si; active base mixers; broadband compact design; broadband performance factor; conversion gain; equivalent circuit; stacked matching circuits; unit mixers; Broadband amplifiers; Costs; Couplers; Distributed parameter circuits; Impedance matching; MMICs; Mixers; Radio frequency; Semiconductor films; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2001 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6538-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2001.966845

Filename

966845