• DocumentCode
    2320382
  • Title

    Novel HDI microwave chip on flex (MCOF) broadside coupler designs

  • Author

    Teti, R.J. ; Hayes, R.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Lockheed Martin Naval Electron. & Surveillance Syst., Moorestown, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    11-16 June 2000
  • Firstpage
    1303
  • Abstract
    We describe the design, construction and performance of a family of broadside couplers implemented in Lockheed Martin´s proprietary High Density Interconnect (HDI) Microwave Chip on Flex (MCOF) technology. Integral realization of these overlay couplers in MCOF is a significant layout advantage and cost reduction of advanced microwave T/R modules, which are at the heart of next generation phased array radars. The couplers exhibit wide bandwidth and an excellent match.
  • Keywords
    Chip-on-board packaging; Phased array radar; Radar equipment; Transceivers; Waveguide couplers; HDI microwave chip on flex; High Density Interconnect; Lockheed Martin; MCOF; bandwidth; broadside coupler; cost reduction; microwave T/R modules; next generation phased array radars; overlay couplers; Costs; Coupling circuits; Integrated circuit interconnections; Metallization; Microwave technology; Phased arrays; Power amplifiers; Radio frequency; Routing; Surveillance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5687-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2000.861759
  • Filename
    861759