Optimization of a Pin Surface as a Solution to Suppress Cavity Modes in a Packaged W-Band Microstrip Receiver

Author

Rebollo, A. ; Gonzalo, Ramon ; Ederra, Inigo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Public Univ. of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Volume

4

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

Jun-14

Firstpage

975

Lastpage

982

Abstract

A pin surface structure has been used in the upper metal plate of a packaged W-band RF front-end receiver in order to suppress the propagation of unwanted modes. A full parametric analysis of the periodic structure within the irreducible Brillouin zone has been carried out in order to understand the behavior of the pin surface and determine the optimum dimensions for its operation in the full W-band. Resonances suppression has been demonstrated in the W-band both in simulation and experimentally.

Keywords

Brillouin zones; circuit optimisation; microstrip circuits; millimetre wave integrated circuits; millimetre wave receivers; cavity mode suppression; irreducible Brillouin zone; packaged W-band RF front-end receiver; packaged W-band microstrip receiver; pin surface optimization; pin surface structure; resonances suppression; upper metal plate; Microstrip; Packaging; Periodic structures; Pins; Scattering; Substrates; Surface impedance; Lid of nails; W-band receiver; W-band receiver.; microstrip packaging; pin surface;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2156-3950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCPMT.2014.2312252

Filename

6781641