A C-band low-noise MMIC phased array receive module

Author

Ali, F. ; Mitchell, S. ; Moghe, S. ; Ho, P. ; Podell, A.

Author_Institution

Pacific Monolithics Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

25-27 May 1988

Firstpage

951

Abstract

The development of a low-cost, high-yield GaAs module containing five monolithic ICs-two gain stages, two active baluns and a two-bit phase shifter with on-chip active isolator-is discussed. Also included are logic decoders, level shift circuitry, and two microwave low-noise amplifiers. The receive module attains 50-dB gain and 2-dB noise figure across the 4-6-GHz band and is realized in a 2.2 in*1.1 in * 0.6 in housing. System architecture and receiver subsystem results are provided.<>

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; antenna phased arrays; ground support equipment; microwave amplifiers; microwave integrated circuits; monolithic integrated circuits; phase shifters; radar receivers; radio receivers; 4 to 6 GHz; C-band; GaAs; LNA; MLS application; SHF; active baluns; active isolator; gain stages; level shift circuitry; logic decoders; low-cost; low-noise MMIC; microwave landing system; microwave low-noise amplifiers; monolithic ICs; phased array receive module; radar equipment; receiver subsystem; two-bit phase shifter; FETs; Gain; Gallium arsenide; Impedance matching; MMICs; Microwave integrated circuits; Noise figure; Phase noise; Phase shifters; Phased arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1988., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

New York, NY, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1988.22188

Filename

22188