Title :
Novel 3 port characterisation and de-embedding for high performance on-silicon K/sub a/ band balun
Author :
O´ Sullivan, J.A. ; McCarthy, Kevin G. ; Murphy, Patrick J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Coll. Cork
Abstract :
A 3 port de-embedding technique is presented. The method is used to accurately characterise the performance of an on-silicon multilayer balun. Three de-embedding structures have been fabricated along with the balun itself. From 25 to 40 GHz the de-embedded balun achieves phase and magnitude imbalances of less than 5 degrees and 1 dB, respectively. Excellent correspondence between the measured balun parameters and EM simulation results is observed after de-embedding is applied
Keywords :
UHF integrated circuits; baluns; integrated circuit design; microwave integrated circuits; 25 to 40 GHz; 3 port characterisation; 3 port de-embedding; de-embedded balun; magnitude imbalances; on-silicon multilayer; phase imbalance; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Dielectrics; Educational institutions; Electromagnetic analysis; Frequency; Impedance matching; Nonhomogeneous media; Process design; Silicon; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2006 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9572-7
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2006.1651135
