New millimeter-wave MMIC chip sets and modules for commercial radio application

Author

Ryu, Y. ; Quijije, M. ; Pinato, B.

Author_Institution

Telecom Products, TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

21-24 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

83

Lastpage

86

Abstract

This paper describes recent developments in MMIC chipsets and modules to address the millimeter-wave point-to-point and point-to-multipoint radios. These MMICs and modules are designed for popular commercial digital radio frequency band from 18 GHz through 43 GHz. Commercial markets demand low cost and high performance. The best way to meet the present and future requirements is to use MMICs exclusively and use automated mass production method. TRW is actively addressing these issues by designing and fabricating high performance HEMT and HBT MMICs and by devising new packaging and assembly methods to enhance the performance and reduce the cost at the same time. TRW is now providing a complete set of MMIC chips to realize high performance receiver modules and high power transmitter modules.

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; assembling; bipolar MIMIC; chip scale packaging; digital radio; field effect MIMIC; millimetre wave receivers; modules; radio receivers; radio transmitters; 18 to 43 GHz; EHF; HBT MMIC; HEMT MMIC; SHF; TRW; assembly methods; automated mass production method; commercial radio application; cost reduction; digital radio frequency band; high performance receiver modules; high power transmitter modules; low cost radio; millimeter-wave MMIC chip sets; millimeter-wave MMIC modules; millimeter-wave point-to-multipoint radio; millimeter-wave point-to-point radio; packaging methods; Assembly; Costs; Digital communication; Frequency; HEMTs; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; MMICs; Mass production; Millimeter wave technology; Packaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technologies for Wireless Applications, 1999. Digest. 1999 IEEE MTT-S Symposium on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5152-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MTTTWA.1999.755133

Filename

755133