• DocumentCode
    1333581
  • Title

    A low-impedance coplanar waveguide using an SrTiO3 thin film for GaAs power MMIC´s

  • Author

    Tanabe, Mitsuru ; Nishitsuji, Mitsuru ; Anda, Yoshiharu ; Ota, Yorito

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. Res. Lab., Matsushita Electron. Corp., Osaka, Japan
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    872
  • Lastpage
    874
  • Abstract
    A novel structure for coplanar-waveguide transmission lines with low impedance and low loss is demonstrated in this paper. The new structure simply has a high dielectric SrTiO3 thin film underneath the coplanar conductors. Due to the high dielectric constant of SrTiO3, the coplanar line exhibited characteristic impedance as low as 18 Ω with a slot width of 5 μm and the center conductor width of 50 μm, while a conventional coplanar line on GaAs showed only 30 Ω with the same configuration. The newly developed coplanar structure is easily applicable for present GaAs monolithic-microwave integrated-circuit (MMIC) technology, especially for power MMIC´s and low-impedance devices
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; MMIC; coplanar waveguides; dielectric thin films; electric impedance; gallium arsenide; power integrated circuits; strontium compounds; 5 micron; 50 micron; CPW transmission lines; GaAs; GaAs power MMIC; SrTiO3; SrTiO3 thin film; characteristic impedance; coplanar waveguide; high dielectric constant; high dielectric thin film; low loss; low-impedance CPW; low-impedance devices; monolithic microwave ICs; Conductive films; Coplanar transmission lines; Coplanar waveguides; Dielectric thin films; Gallium arsenide; High-K gate dielectrics; Impedance; MMICs; Power transmission lines; Propagation losses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9480
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/22.841891
  • Filename
    841891