Broadband Active and Passive Balun Circuits: Functional Blocks for Modern Millimeter-Wave Radio Architectures

Author

Costantini, Alberto ; Lawrence, Ben ; Mahon, Simon ; Harvey, James ; McCulloch, Gerry ; Bessemoulin, Alexandre

Author_Institution

Mimix Broadband Sydney Design Centre, North Sydney, NSW

fYear

2006

fDate

10-13 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

421

Lastpage

424

Abstract

This paper presents the design and the evaluation of a selection of broadband active and passive baluns. These balanced structures have been developed for future integration in monolithic millimeter-wave transceivers that deliver greater functionality than previously available. The paper presents two compact wideband active balun designs for the range 1 to 16 GHz and 10 to 30 GHz. Two passive baluns are also included, one for IF range 1.5 to 2.5 GHz and the other for the RF range 35 GHz to 45 GHz. The active baluns give a viable alternative to passive baluns within system constraints and a matrix of balun characteristics is presented to clearly indicate the appropriate choice for satisfying transceiver specifications

Keywords

MMIC; active networks; baluns; passive networks; 1 to 16 GHz; 1.5 to 2.5 GHz; 10 to 30 GHz; 35 to 45 GHz; MMIC; active balun circuits; active coupler; broadband; functional blocks; millimeter wave radio architectures; monolithic millimeter wave transceivers; pHEMT; passive balun circuits; passive coupler; system constraints; Circuit simulation; Circuit topology; Coupling circuits; Impedance matching; MMICs; Microstrip; Millimeter wave circuits; PHEMTs; Radio frequency; Transceivers; Active Coupler; Balun; MMIC; Passive Coupler; pHEMT;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, 2006. The 1st

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-8-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMICC.2006.282672

Filename

4057666