Design of a W-band MMIC balanced BPSK modulator

Author

Wei Lu ; Fei Wang ; Nan Yang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Phys. Electron., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

fYear

2013

Firstpage

143

Lastpage

145

Abstract

A balanced BPSK modulator chip worked at W-band was designed in this paper. It has a broadband that can cover almost whole W-band. Due to the impact of the parasitics of the pHEMT devices, the dynamic range of the BPSK modulator is small. In order to extend the dynamic range of the BPSK modulator, we increase the characteristic impedance of the biphase modulator from 50 ohm to 70 ohm. The simulated results show that the balanced BPSK modulator has a large dynamic range from -8.5 dB to -44 dB, and achieves the 180° phase shift. The phase errors are less than ±2°. Both of the input and output return losses are lower than -14 dB. The chip has dimensions of 0.7 mm × 1.4 mm. It can be used as a part of vector modulator.

Keywords

MMIC; amplitude modulation; high electron mobility transistors; integrated circuit design; modulators; phase shift keying; W-band MMIC modulator; balanced BPSK modulator chip; biphase modulator; input return losses; output return losses; pHEMT devices; resistance 50 ohm to 70 ohm; size 0.7 mm; size 1.4 mm; vector modulator; Binary phase shift keying; Couplers; Impedance; Microwave circuits; PHEMTs; Vectors; BPSK modulator; MMIC; W-band; broadband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Superconductivity and Electromagnetic Devices (ASEMD), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0068-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASEMD.2013.6780728

Filename

6780728