Title :
A uni-planar MMIC 26-GHz-band receiver
Author :
Hirota, Tetsuo ; Muraguchi, Masahiro ; Minakawa, Akira ; Osafune, Kazuo
Author_Institution :
Radio Commun. Syst. Lab., NTT, Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
A GaAs 26-GHz-band MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) receiver has been designed, fabricated, and evaluated. All MMICs in the receiver have uniplanar configuration. A coplanar waveguide is mainly used as a microwave transmission line, with air bridges successfully utilized. Total circuit area is sufficiently small so that single-chip integration is possible. Assembled MMICs show stable receiver performance, including a noise figure of 8 dB and conversion gain of 2 dB or more, without any adjustment or external tuning circuits.<>
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MMIC; gallium arsenide; radio receivers; 2 dB; 26 GHz; 8 dB; GaAs; III-V semiconductors; MMIC; SHF; air bridges; conversion gain; coplanar waveguide; microwave transmission line; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; radio equipment; receiver; single-chip integration; uniplanar configuration; Assembly; Bridge circuits; Coplanar transmission lines; Coplanar waveguides; Distributed parameter circuits; Gallium arsenide; MMICs; Microwave integrated circuits; Monolithic integrated circuits; Noise figure;
Conference_Titel :
Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit (GaAs IC) Symposium, 1988. Technical Digest 1988., 10th Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
DOI :
10.1109/GAAS.1988.11054
