Low cost miniaturized EHF SATCOM transceiver featuring HEMT MMICs and LTCC multilayer packaging

Author

Lester, J.A. ; Ahmadi, M. ; Peratoner, S. ; Hathaway, J. ; Garske, D. ; Chow, P.D.

Author_Institution

Syst. & Technol. Div., TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

15-16 May 1995

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

38

Abstract

The authors present a 20 GHz downconverter and a 44 GHz upconverter for a low cost miniaturized transceiver for EHF SATCOM terminal applications. The hardware features a set of passivated pseudomorphic InGaAs HEMT MMICs including a 20 GHz balanced low noise amplifier and a 44 GHz 100 mW driver amplifier. The upconverter input and the LO input of the downconverter feature built-in-test (BIT) with on-chip detectors. The downconverter is packaged in a low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrate, with integrated RF and DC interconnects, printed resistors, and a buried stripline IF filter.<>

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; field effect MIMIC; field effect MMIC; packaging; satellite communication; transceivers; 100 mW; 20 GHz; 44 GHz; BIT; EHF SATCOM transceiver; HEMT MMIC; InGaAs; LTCC multilayer packaging; LTCC substrate; SATCOM terminal applications; balanced LNA; built-in-test; buried stripline IF filter; downconverter; driver amplifier; low cost miniaturized transceiver; low noise amplifier; low temperature cofired ceramic; onchip detectors; passivated pseudomorphic HEMT; upconverter; Costs; Detectors; Driver circuits; HEMTs; Hardware; Indium gallium arsenide; Low-noise amplifiers; MMICs; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1995. Digest of Papers., IEEE 1995

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2590-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MCS.1995.470996

Filename

470996