Quasioptical millimeter-wave hybrid and monolithic PIN diode switches

Journal Article · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/22.247925· OSTI ID:5301701

Stephan, K D ^[1]; Spooner, F H ^[2]; Goldsmith, P F ^[3]

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1. Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States). Millitech Corp.
2. Millitech Corp, Littleton, MA (United States). American Holographic
3. Millitech Corp., Amherst, MA (United States)

The PIN diode switch is an essential building block in many microwave and millimeter-wave systems. In this paper the authors report the development of a new type of quasioptical PIN diode switch. First, they briefly describe the quasioptical imaging application which motivated the development of the switch. Next, they explain the theory of switch operation in both its reflection and transmission modes. They present experimental results from measurements of both hybrid and monolithic circuits in the millimeter-wave range. The hybrid version exhibits losses in the reflection mode of 1 dB or less and isolation of 20 dB or more. Performance of the monolithic version is comparable, despite a PIN diode yield of less than 80%.

• OSTI ID: 5301701
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 41:10; ISSN IETMAB; ISSN 0018-9480
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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