MHMICs on ceramic substrate for advanced millimeter wave systems

Author

Boukari, B. ; Hammou, D. ; Moldovan, E. ; Bosisio, R.G. ; Wu, Ke ; Tatu, S.O.

Author_Institution

Inst. Nat. de la Rech. Sci., Montreal, QC, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

7-12 June 2009

Firstpage

1025

Lastpage

1028

Abstract

This paper presents the initial design and fabrication results of several new passive millimeter wave circuits integrated on a thin ceramic substrate, having a relative permittivity of 9.9 and a thickness of 127 mum. The work is focused on a Wilkinson power divider, a 90deg hybrid coupler, a rate-race coupler and two six-port circuits. Experimental results show wideband characteristics over the millimeter wave V and W bands, allowing therefore their use for high data-rate wireless communication systems and radar sensors.

Keywords

hybrid integrated circuits; microwave integrated circuits; power dividers; Wilkinson power divider; advanced millimeter wave systems; high data-rate wireless communication systems; hybrid coupler; millimeter wave V band; millimeter wave W band; miniature hybrid microwave integrated circuit; passive millimeter wave circuits; radar sensors; rate-race coupler; relative permittivity; six-port circuits; thin ceramic substrate; wideband characteristics; Ceramics; Coupling circuits; Fabrication; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Millimeter wave radar; Permittivity; Power dividers; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Wireless communication; MHMICs; Millimeter wave; ceramics; couplers; microstrip circuits; six-port circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2009. MTT '09. IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2803-8

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165874

Filename

5165874