• DocumentCode
    664610
  • Title

    A tandem coupler for terahertz integrated circuits

  • Author

    Reck, Theodore J. ; Gorospe, Ben ; Deal, William ; Chattopadhyay, Goutam

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    2-7 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A coplanar waveguide 3 dB quadrature coupler operating from 500 to 700 GHz is designed, fabricated and measured. On-wafer measurements demonstrate an amplitude balance of ±2 dB and phase balance of ±20 deg.
  • Keywords
    coplanar waveguides; submillimetre wave couplers; submillimetre wave integrated circuits; terahertz wave devices; amplitude balance; coplanar waveguide; frequency 500 GHz to 700 GHz; on-wafer measurements; phase balance; quadrature coupler; tandem coupler; terahertz integrated circuits; Calibration; Coplanar waveguides; Couplers; Phase measurement; Ports (Computers); Probes; Transmission line measurements; CPW; MMIC; On-wafer measurements; Tandem Coupler;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest (IMS), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-6177-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697621
  • Filename
    6697621