A fully-scalable coplanar waveguide passive library for millimeter-wave monolithic integrated circuit design

Author

Diebold, S. ; Weber, R. ; Seelmann-Eggebert, M. ; Massler, H. ; Tessmann, A. ; Leuther, A. ; Kallfass, I.

Author_Institution

Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

10-13 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

293

Lastpage

296

Abstract

Using three dimensional (3-D) electromagnetic (EM) field simulations, a fully scalable grounded coplanar wave- guide (GCPW) passive library was developed. It allows for all impedances between 28 and 68 Ohm. The library contains all coplanar elements needed for accurate millimeter-wave mono- lithic integrated circuit (MMIC) design, i.e. straight transmission lines, discontinuities, such as round bends, square corners, T- and cross junctions as well as quasi lumped components in coplanar environment, e.g. parallel and series metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors. The library was simulated, modeled and verified up to 325 GHz. The models have been implemented in Agilent ADS allowing for fast and accurate designs in the millimeter-Wave (mmW) frequency range.

Keywords

MIM devices; MMIC; capacitors; coplanar waveguides; electromagnetic fields; integrated circuit design; 3D electromagnetic field simulations; Agilent ADS; MIM capacitors; MMIC design; coplanar waveguide passive library; metal-insulator-metal capacitors; millimeter-wave monolithic integrated circuit design; three dimensional electromagnetic field simulations; Couplers; Frequency measurement; Integrated circuit modeling; Libraries; Solid modeling; Substrates; Transmission line measurements; Couplers; MMICs; Millimeter wave circuits; Millimeter wave measurements; Modeling; Transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2011 41st European

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-235-6

Type

conf

Filename

6101798