A MMIC chip set for V-band crosslink communication systems

Author

Minot, K. ; Aust, M. ; Kasody, R. ; Katz, R. ; Wang, H. ; Rodgers, P. ; Smith, D. ; Shaw, L. ; Tan, K. ; Wang, Nan ; Dow, S. ; Allen, B.

Author_Institution

Electron. & Technol. Div., TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

22-25 May 1994

Firstpage

221

Lastpage

224

Abstract

V-band communication crosslink systems are being developed to take advantage of high atmospheric-attenuation characteristics. Because of strict weight, volume, and cost constraints of modern satellites, MMIC technology was chosen over conventional MIC approaches to deliver lighter, smaller, and higher performance communication systems. Through the MIMIC Phase 2 program, sponsored by ARPA and the Army Research Laboratory, TRW has developed a chip set for such a crosslink. Requirements from several insertion programs have been integrated to design an architecture that is generic, but flexible enough for expansion or reconfiguration to support these programs. The chip set includes nine highly integrated, multi-function MMICs configured to provide a complete V-band transceiver system.<>

Keywords

MMIC; bipolar integrated circuits; field effect integrated circuits; microwave links; satellite links; transceivers; MIMIC Phase 2 program; MMIC chip set; TRW; V-band; crosslink communication systems; multifunction MMICs; satellites; transceiver system; Feedback amplifiers; Frequency; Gain measurement; HEMTs; Laboratories; Low-noise amplifiers; MMICs; Noise figure; Semiconductor device measurement; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1994. Digest of Papers., IEEE 1994

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1418-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MCS.1994.332099

Filename

332099