Microwave IC design for broadband receivers

Author

Devlin, L.M.

fYear

2009

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

444

Lastpage

444

Abstract

Broadband ICs find application in defence, instrumentation and communication applications. This paper details the design, realisation and measured performance of five different MMICs developed for broadband receiver applications. The five MMICs described are: A 0.5 to 20GHz dual channel limiter, a 2 to 18GHz dual channel Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), a DC to 20GHz dual channel Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT) switch, a 2 to 18GHz upconverter and a companion downconverter. Photographs of the ICs are shown in. The MMICs can be used to implement a compact, dual channel 2-18GHz receiver and an example of this is also described.

Keywords

MMIC amplifiers; convertors; integrated circuit design; low noise amplifiers; microwave limiters; microwave switches; radio receivers; MMIC; SPDT switch; broadband receivers; downconverter; dual channel limiter; dual channel low noise amplifier; dual channel single pole double throw switch; frequency 0.5 GHz to 20 GHz; microwave IC design; upconverter; Damping; Gases; Micromechanical devices; Microwave integrated circuits; Packaging; Q factor; Q measurement; Resonance; Technological innovation; Wafer scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SOC Conference, 2009. SOCC 2009. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Belfast

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4940-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4941-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOCCON.2009.5397995

Filename

5397995