MMIC-based chipset for multi-Gigabit satellite links in E-band

Author

Antes, J. ; Lewark, U.J. ; Tessmann, A. ; Wagner, Steffen ; Leuther, A. ; Zwick, T. ; Kallfass, I.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech. und Elektron., Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol., Karlsruhe, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

11-16 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, a chipset for a multi-Gigabit satellite links, supporting both the designated up and downlink frequencies in E-Band, is presented. It consists of I/Q-upand downconversion circuits, frequency multipliers for LO signal generation, a low noise amplifier (LNA) with excellent noise performance and a power amplifier with a saturated output power above 22 dBm, all realized in a metamorphic high electron mobility transistor (mHEMT) MMIC process. Link budget calculations taking into account the measured chip performance show the feasibility of a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite downlink with data rates up to 5 Gbit/s.

Keywords

MMIC; frequency multipliers; high electron mobility transistors; low noise amplifiers; power amplifiers; satellite links; signal generators; E-band; I/Q-up and downconversion circuit; LEO satellite downlink; LNA; LO signal generation; MMIC-based chipset; frequency multiplier; link budget calculation; low earth orbit; low noise amplifier; mHEMT MMIC process; metamorphic high electron mobility transistor; multiGigabit satellite link; power amplifier; Downlink; Frequency measurement; Gain; MMICs; Power generation; Satellites; Semiconductor device measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Information Technology and Systems (ICWITS), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Maui, HI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0947-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICWITS.2012.6417781

Filename

6417781