Up- and down-converter chip set for LMDS using three-dimensional masterslice MMIC technology

Author

Toyoda, Ichihiko ; Sugihara, Fumio ; Maki, Yoshiyuki ; Imai, Yuhki

Author_Institution

NTT Electron. Corp., Kanagawa, Japan

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

145

Lastpage

148

Abstract

Three-dimensional masterslice MMIC technology enables quick development of MMICs. This paper discusses miniature mixers and amplifiers for LMDS up- and down-converters. An even-harmonic mixer, a resistive mixer, a balanced-resistive mixer, and amplifiers were developed using newly designed master arrays. These circuits cover the LMDS band and can be easily integrated into a single chip to build a highly integrated multifunctional MMIC in a very short turn-around-time

Keywords

MMIC amplifiers; MMIC frequency convertors; MMIC mixers; microwave links; multimedia communication; LMDS; MMIC amplifiers; balanced-resistive mixer; down-converter chip set; even-harmonic mixer; local multipoint distribution service; multifunctional MMIC; multimedia communication; resistive mixer; three-dimensional masterslice MMIC technology; turn-around-time; up-converter chip set; Electrodes; FETs; Integrated circuit technology; Libraries; MIM capacitors; MMICs; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Resistors; Satellite broadcasting; Substrates;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 1999 IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1097-2633

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5604-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.1999.805257

Filename

805257