Design techniques of reducing chip area and highly integrated MMIC for W-band application

Author

Mimino, Y. ; Nakamura, K. ; Sakamoto, K. ; Aoki, Y. ; Kuroda, S. ; Tokumitsu, T.

Author_Institution

Fujitsu Quantum Devices Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

20-24 May 2001

Firstpage

2167

Abstract

In this paper, several novel techniques for minimizing chip area are presented. In order to demonstrate these features, we have developed a three stage W-band amplifier. This MMIC exhibits more than 15 dB gain from 75 GHz to 90 GHz, and size of this MMIC is less than 0.5 mm/sup 2/. We have also designed and fabricated a single chip 77 GHz T/R MMIC for automotive radar. This MMIC includes 25 active circuits in one chip, and size of this MMIC is less than 8.5 mm/sup 2/.

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; MMIC amplifiers; field effect MIMIC; integrated circuit design; millimetre wave amplifiers; radar equipment; road vehicle radar; 15 dB; 75 to 90 GHz; 77 GHz; EHF; MM-wave amplifier; W-band applications; automotive radar; chip area reduction; design techniques; highly integrated MMIC; single chip T/R MIMIC; three-stage amplifier; Admittance; Circuit topology; FETs; Gallium arsenide; Impedance; MMICs; Microstrip; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Millimeter wave radar; Millimeter wave technology;

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.2001.967344

Filename

967344