Title :
Electromagnetic simulation of the effects of dielectric and metal thicknesses on the performance of multilayer MMIC lowpass filter
Author :
Sulaiman, Ahmad Asari ; Awang, Zaiki
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng., Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract :
The authors report on the effects of dielectric and metal thicknesses on the performance of a multilayer monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) lowpass filter. An electromagnetic simulator, Sonnet, is used to characterize and predict the effect of both factors on the filter response. Results of this simulation show that the filter operates with optimum performance when the metal and polyimide thicknesses are 5 μm each.
Keywords :
MMIC; circuit simulation; dielectric thin films; frequency response; integrated circuit modelling; metallic thin films; microwave filters; passive filters; polymer films; 5 micron; EM simulation; Sonnet; dielectric thicknesses; electromagnetic simulation; filter response; metal thicknesses; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; multilayer MMIC lowpass filter; optimum performance; polyimide; Circuit simulation; Dielectric losses; Dielectric substrates; Frequency; Low pass filters; MMICs; Microwave filters; Nonhomogeneous media; Polyimides; Predictive models;
Conference_Titel :
Research and Development, 2002. SCOReD 2002. Student Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7565-3
DOI :
10.1109/SCORED.2002.1033147
