An advanced single-chip Ka-band transceiver

Author

Lin, E.W. ; Kok, Y. ; Dow, G.S. ; Wang, H. ; Chung, T.T. ; Lau, S. ; Okamuro, D. ; Allen, B.R.

Author_Institution

Space & Technol. Group, TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

17-21 June 1996

Firstpage

513

Abstract

This paper describes the development of an advanced single-chip Ka-band transceiver for military applications. The in-fixture measured performance of the transceiver chip is presented. The transceiver chip monolithically integrates seven separate chips and one filter onto a single chip. In-fixture, the monolithic transceiver chip has demonstrated measured receiver noise figure of less than 6.5 dB across the RF band from 38.0-38.5 GHz at an IF of 2.45 GHz under -10 dBm LO drive. The transmitter output power was measured to be greater than 17.5 dBm across the 38.0-38.5 GHz band.

Keywords

MIMIC; integrated circuit noise; military communication; millimetre wave amplifiers; millimetre wave receivers; radio transmitters; transceivers; 2.45 GHz; 38 to 38.5 GHz; Ka-band transceiver; in-fixture measured performance; military applications; monolithic transceiver chip; receiver noise figure; Filters; Gain measurement; Noise figure; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power measurement; Radio frequency; Semiconductor device measurement; Transceivers; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1996., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3246-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1996.510985

Filename

510985