DocumentCode
2068410
Title
RF switch design
Author
Street, A.M.
Author_Institution
S-Comm Ltd., Oxford, UK
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Firstpage
42461
Lastpage
42467
Abstract
Switches are widely used in many RF systems, from low power transmit-receive switches in time division duplex wireless transceivers to millimetric wave beam-squinting systems for satellite tracking to high power (often military) phased array systems. This paper examines the operation of the PIN diode as a switching element and presents a number of design techniques for a variety of applications. Consideration is also given to switch design using FET-based switching technology. The paper concludes with a comparison of PIN and FET based switching components
Keywords
field effect transistor switches; FET-based switching technology; PIN diode; RF switch design; design techniques; low power transmit-receive switches; millimetric wave beam-squinting systems; phased array systems; satellite tracking; switching element; time division duplex wireless transceivers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
How to Design RF Circuits (Ref. No. 2000/027), IEE Training Course
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic:20000143
Filename
847026
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