Full-wave analysis of X-band MMIC pre-matched power cell

Author

Chang, S.-H. ; Coccioli, R. ; Housmand, B. ; Itoh, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

13-19 June 1999

Firstpage

1577

Abstract

Accurate simulation and characterization of MMIC pre-matched power cells is essential to achieve optimum design of X-band high performance amplifiers. However, the cell topology and dimensions pose serious challenges to numerical analysis. As part of an ongoing effort towards the complete non-linear analysis and characterization of the device, the extended FDTD technique has been used to study the passive part of the pre-matched power cell. In particular, the effects of the input matching network MIM capacitors on the field distribution in the whole device have been investigated.

Keywords

circuit simulation; field effect MMIC; finite difference time-domain analysis; impedance matching; passive networks; 5 to 40 GHz; X-band MMIC pre-matched power cell; cell topology; characterization; dimension; extended FDTD technique; field distribution; full-wave analysis; high performance amplifiers; input matching network MIM capacitors; nonlinear analysis; numerical analysis; optimum design; passive part; Circuit simulation; FETs; Finite difference methods; High power amplifiers; MIM capacitors; MMICs; Microwave circuits; Microwave devices; Predictive models; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1999 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5135-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1999.780258

Filename

780258