A low-voltage, high-power T/R-switch MMIC using LC resonators

Author

Tokumitsu, Tsuneo ; Toyoda, Ichihiko ; Aikawa, Masayoshi

Author_Institution

Radio Syst. Lab., NTT Radio Commun. Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

43

Issue

5

fYear

1995

fDate

5/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

997

Lastpage

1003

Abstract

A novel T/R switch is proposed for high-power/low-distortion operation at a low control voltage. LC-resonant switches composed of inductors, capacitors, and switch FET´s are incorporated in TX and RX arms to provide a reverse control scheme that removes the rf-voltage limitation in the transmit mode, A 1.9-GHz LC-resonant T/R switch MMIC with a total FET periphery of 3.36 mm exhibits 3rd IMR less than -40 dB for an input power up to 31 dBm when controlled at a V/-2 V. This MMIC occupies an area as small as less than 2×2 mm, This will make it possible to implement advanced T/R-switches at PCS and ISM frequencies below 5 GHz

Keywords

MMIC; field effect analogue integrated circuits; radio equipment; semiconductor switches; -2 to 0 V; 1.9 GHz; ISM frequencies; LC resonators; MMIC; PCS frequencies; high-power T/R-switch; high-power/low-distortion operation; reverse control scheme; total FET periphery; transmit/receive switches; Arm; Capacitors; FETs; Frequency; Inductors; Low voltage; MMICs; Personal communication networks; Switches; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.382055

Filename

382055