RF MEMS and GaAs Based Reconfigurable RF Front-End Components for Wide-Band Multi-Functional Phased Arrays

Author

Malmqvist, R. ; Gustafsson, A. ; Nilsson, T. ; Samuelsson, C. ; Carlegrim, B. ; Ferrer, I. ; Vaha-Heikkila, T. ; Ouacha, A. ; Erickson, R.

Author_Institution

Swedish Defence Res. Agency, Linkoping

fYear

2006

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1798

Lastpage

1801

Abstract

The authors study possibilities of implementing flexible and programmable components for the RF front-ends of wideband multi-functional phased arrays using GaAs MMIC and RF MEMS technologies. The use of MEMS reconfigurable matching networks in tunable bandpass LNAs is proposed to achieve wider tuning ranges (e.g. 6.5-9.9GHz is obtained according to simulations) and adequate performance of such LNAs. The potential for monolithic integration with active devices was further demonstrated by showing how variable MEMS capacitors may be realized in a GaAs foundry process

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MMIC; gallium arsenide; low noise amplifiers; micromechanical devices; microwave amplifiers; microwave receivers; radio receivers; varactors; wide band gap semiconductors; 6.5 to 9.9 GHz; GaAs; MMIC amplifiers; MMIC technology; RF MEMS technology; impedance matching; microelectromechanical devices; monolithic integration; reconfigurable RF front-end; reconfigurable matching networks; tunable bandpass LNA; variable MEMS capacitors; wideband multifunctional phased arrays; Capacitors; Foundries; Gallium arsenide; MMICs; Micromechanical devices; Monolithic integrated circuits; Phased arrays; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Wideband; MMIC amplifiers; impedance matching; microelectromechanical devices; phased arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-6-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2006.281020

Filename

4058202