GaAs HBT PIN diode attenuators and switches

Author

Kobayashi, K.W. ; Oki, A.K. ; Umemoto, D.K. ; Claxton, S. ; Streit, D.C.

Author_Institution

TRW, Redondo Beach, CA, USA

fYear

1993

Firstpage

349

Abstract

Reports on an AlGaAs/GaAs HBT (heterojunction bipolar transistor) two-stage PIN diode and a one-open two-throw X-band PIN diode switch. The two-stage PIN attenuator has a greater than 50 dB dynamic range at 2 GHz and a maximum IP3 of 9 dBm. The minimum insertion loss is 1.7 dB per stage and there is a flat response of 10 GHz. The X-band switch has an insertion loss of 0.82 dB and an off-isolation of 25 dB. The bandwidth is greater than 35% and the IP3 is greater than 34.5 dBm. Both of these circuits consist of PIN diodes constructed from the base-collector MBE (molecular beam epitaxy) layers oo he baseline HBT process. This work demonstrates the monolithic integration of PIN diode switch and attenuation functions in an HBT technology without additional process of MBE material growth.<>

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MMIC; bipolar integrated circuits; gallium arsenide; heterojunction bipolar transistors; molecular beam epitaxial growth; p-i-n diodes; waveguide attenuators; 0.82 dB; 2 to 10 GHz; AlGaAs-GaAs; HBT PIN diode attenuators; X-band PIN diode switch; base-collector MBE; baseline HBT process; flat response; minimum insertion loss; monolithic integration; off-isolation; Attenuation; Attenuators; Bandwidth; Dynamic range; Gallium arsenide; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Insertion loss; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Monolithic integrated circuits; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1993., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1209-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1993.276806

Filename

276806