Title :
Ka-band monolithic GaAs balanced mixers
Author :
Chao, Chente ; Contolatis, A. ; Jamison, Stephen A. ; Bauhahn, Paul E.
Author_Institution :
Honeywell Corporate Technology Center, Bloomington, MN
fDate :
1/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Monolithic integrated circuits have been developed on semi-insulating GaAs substrates for millimeter-wave balanced mixers. The GaAs chip is used as a suspended stripline in a cross-bar mixer circuit. A double sideband noise figure of 4.5 dB has been achieved with a monolithic GaAs balanced mixer filter chip over a 30- to 32-GHz frequency range. A monolithic GaAs balanced mixer chip has also been optimized and combined with a hybrid MIC IF preamplifier in a planar package with significant improvement in RF bandwidth and reduction in chip size. A double sideband noise figure of less than 6 dB has been achieved over a 31- to 39-GHz frequency range with a GaAs chip size of only 0.5 × 0.43 in. This includes the contribution of a 1.5-dB noise figure due to IF preamplifier (5-500 MHz).
Keywords :
Filters; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Microwave integrated circuits; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Monolithic integrated circuits; Noise figure; Packaging; Preamplifiers; Stripline;
Journal_Title :
Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/T-ED.1983.21062