Title :
Elevated Substrate Ferrite Film Circulator
Author :
Jones, R.R. ; Moore, R.A. ; Braginski, A.I. ; Oeffinger, T.R.
Author_Institution :
Westinghouse Defense & Electron. Syst. Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
An elevated substrate ferrite film circulator has been designed. The ferrite film and the rf conductor are deposited completely above the substrate. The ferrite disc has its thermal expansion coefficient adjusted to match the sapphire substrate. Circulator insertion loss and isolation are 0.6 dB and 20 dB over a 5% bandwidth (fο = 12.3 GHz), respectively.
Keywords :
ferrite circulators; microwave integrated circuits; thermal expansion; bandwidth 12.3 GHz; circulator insertion loss; elevated substrate ferrite film circulator; ferrite disc; loss 0.6 dB; rf conductor; sapphire substrate; thermal expansion coefficient; Bandwidth; Chromium; Circuit faults; Conductive films; Dielectric substrates; Ferrite films; Frequency; Gaussian processes; Saturation magnetization; Thermal expansion;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium, 1972 IEEE GMTT International
Conference_Location :
Arlington Heights, IL
DOI :
10.1109/GMTT.1972.1123061