23-40 GHz InP HEMT MMIC distributed mixer

Author

Majidi-Ahy, R. ; Nishimoto, C. ; Russell, J. ; Ou, W. ; Bandy, S. ; Zdasiuk, G.

Author_Institution

Varian Res. Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

1-3 June 1992

Firstpage

201

Lastpage

204

Abstract

The authors report the development of an active millimeter-wave InP high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) distributed mixer operating over the 23-40-GHz RF bandwidth, with IF frequencies in the range of 2-13 GHz and fixed local oscillator (LO) frequencies of 20 and 28 GHz. The devices were InGaAs-InAlAs-InP HEMTs with a gate length of 0.25 mu m. The mixer had an average conversion gain of 0 dB when biased for maximum bandwidth, and an average conversion gain of 5 dB when biased for maximum gain. The overall chip dimensions for this MMIC were 500*1000 mu m.<>

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MMIC; field effect integrated circuits; high electron mobility transistors; indium compounds; mixers (circuits); 0 to 5 dB; 0.25 micron; 23 to 40 GHz; EHF; HEMT; InGaAs-InAlAs-InP; MM-wave IC; MMIC; distributed mixer; high electron mobility transistor; millimeter-wave; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; Bandwidth; Frequency; Gain; HEMTs; Indium phosphide; MMICs; MODFETs; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Millimeter wave transistors; Mixers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1992. Digest of Papers, IEEE 1992

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0677-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MCS.1992.186035

Filename

186035