High-speed monolithic millimeter-wave switch array

Author

Jiang, F. ; Berk, W. ; Chen, Z.-T. ; Duncan, S. ; Qin, X.H. ; Tu, D.W. ; Zhang, W.-M. ; Domier, C.W. ; Luhmann, N.C., Jr.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA

Volume

8

Issue

3

fYear

1998

fDate

3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

112

Lastpage

114

Abstract

A quasi-optical planar grid switch array comprised of hundreds of Schottky varactor diodes embedded within an overmoded waveguide is capable of generating switching times of 100-500 ps in the millimeter-wave region with Watt-level power-handling capabilities. A proof-of-principle high-speed V band switch array has been constructed with excellent agreement between theory and experiment. Less than 1.6-dB insertion loss and >16-dB on/off contrast ratio are measured at 61.5 GHz. The switch rise/fall time is <127 ps. An instantaneous bandwidth >7 GHz (contrast ratio >15 dB) has also been measured

Keywords

MIMIC; Schottky diodes; arrays; gallium arsenide; semiconductor switches; varactors; 1.6 dB; 100 to 500 ps; 61.5 GHz; 7 GHz; EHF; GaAs; Schottky varactor diodes; V-band switch array; Watt-level power-handling capabilities; beam control grid array; high-speed monolithic switch array; millimeter-wave region; monolithic MM-wave switch array; overmoded waveguide; quasi-optical planar grid switch array; Distributed power generation; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; Mesh generation; Millimeter wave measurements; Planar waveguides; Power generation; Schottky diodes; Switches; Varactors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8207

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/75.661132

Filename

661132