Multifunction silicon MMIC´s for frequency conversion applications

Author

Negus, Kevin J. ; Wholey, James N.

Author_Institution

Avantek Inc., Newark, CA, USA

Volume

38

Issue

9

fYear

1990

fDate

9/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1191

Lastpage

1198

Abstract

The application of advanced silicon bipolar IC technology to multifunction microwave monolithic integrated circuits (MMICs) is demonstrated. The modeling, design, and testing of two silicon MMICs for frequency conversion applications are illustrated. The first product is a wideband frequency doubler with conversion gain, 20-dBc rejection of harmonics, and a 2-GHz bandwidth. The second product is a wideband vector demodulator (or image reject mixer) that utilizes an onchip digital frequency divider to generate 0° and 90° local oscillator (LO) phases from 0.05 to 1.5 GHz. Both products operate from a single 5-V supply, are load insensitive, require no external baluns, and are packaged in 180-mil hermetic packages. These frequency conversion MMICs and others currently under development have been prototyped on the analog silicon transistor array starCHIP-1, which is also described

Keywords

MMIC; bipolar integrated circuits; demodulators; frequency multipliers; integrated circuit technology; 0.05 to 1.5 GHz; 2 GHz; MMICs; Si; analog silicon transistor array; bandwidth; bipolar IC technology; conversion gain; design; frequency conversion; harmonic rejection; hermetic packages; image reject mixer; local oscillator phases; modeling; multifunction microwave monolithic integrated circuits; onchip digital frequency divider; starCHIP-1; testing; wideband frequency doubler; wideband vector demodulator; Application specific integrated circuits; Bipolar integrated circuits; Frequency conversion; Integrated circuit technology; MMICs; Microwave integrated circuits; Monolithic integrated circuits; Packaging; Silicon; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.58642

Filename

58642