DocumentCode
2153633
Title
A highly integrated MMIC Chipset for 40 GHz MVDS Applications
Author
Vaudescal, O. ; Kabat, D. ; Couturier, A.M. ; Sevin, R. ; Dourlens, C. ; Quentin, P.
Author_Institution
United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS), Route Départementale 128, BP 46, 91401 ORSAY Cedex, France. Tel.: 33-1-6933-0582 / Fax.: 33-1-6933-0552 / e.mail: olivier.vaudescal@ums-gaas.com
fYear
2000
fDate
Oct. 2000
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
This paper is intended to give an insight in the development of PHEMT multifunction MMICs (MFC) in the millimetre wave frequency range. It applies to the fast growing Multipoint Video Distribution System (MVDS) market, offering a five-chip solution for the subscriber transceivers. The focus is on the local oscillator, the up-converter and the down converters at 40GHz. These two last chips include a balanced mixer, a buffer amplifier for the local oscillator and a low noise amplifier used either as a LNA (for Rx) or as a transmit driver (for Tx). The design was oriented toward low chip-size in order to reach the cost requirement for such systems. Results are shown from a demonstrator assembly built with these five MMICs.
Keywords
Assembly; Costs; Driver circuits; Frequency; Local oscillators; Low-noise amplifiers; MMICs; Mixers; PHEMTs; Transceivers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Conference, 2000. 30th European
Conference_Location
Paris, France
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EUMA.2000.338699
Filename
4139712
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