Measurement of phase and amplitude response of a GaAs MMIC by electrooptic sampling

Author

Heutmaker, M.S. ; Harvey, G.T. ; Cook, T.B. ; Perino, J.S.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Lab., Princeton, NJ, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

10-14 July 1991

Firstpage

1133

Abstract

A gain-switched injection laser was used to measure the amplitude and phase response of GaAs MMICs (monolithic microwave integrated circuits) and transmission lines by electrooptic sampling, up to 18 GHz. A phase referencing method that enables the phase response to be measured accurately has been devised, and the voltage gain and phase shift of a MMIC low-noise amplifier were measured over the 5-15 GHz range.<>

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MMIC; gain measurement; gallium arsenide; integrated circuit testing; measurement by laser beam; microwave measurement; phase measurement; 18 GHz; 5 to 15 GHz; GaAs; LNA; MMIC; amplitude response; electrooptic sampling; gain-switched injection laser; low-noise amplifier; monolithic microwave integrated circuits; phase referencing method; phase response; phase shift; transmission lines; voltage gain; Gain measurement; Gallium arsenide; Integrated circuit measurements; Lasers and electrooptics; MMICs; Masers; Microwave integrated circuits; Microwave measurements; Phase measurement; Transmission line measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1991., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-87942-591-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1991.147216

Filename

147216