Millimeter-wave integrated circuit technology

Thesis/Dissertation · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5415281

Williams, D F

Millimeter-wave integrated circuit technologies are investigated. Circuit elements suitable for low-cost hybrid implementations at millimeter wavelengths are developed in coplanar waveguide (CPW). The basic circuit elements developed include CPW band-pass and low-pass filters, high-gain efficient planar antennas (suitable for use as feeds), CPW T junctions, CPW beam-lead mounts, and adjustable CPW back-shorts. These components were integrated to form CPW multiplexers and subharmonically pumped mixers. To demonstrate the high level of integrability of this technology, two demonstration circuits were built and tested. The first, a planar 33 GHz detector circuit, was used to characterize adjustable CPW back-shorts. The second, a planar 71-GHz subharmonically pumped heterodyne receiver with an integral feed antenna, was build to demonstrate the integrability of the CPW components developed here. This receiver represents the highest level of integration achieved at that frequency.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Berkeley (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5415281
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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420800* -- Engineering-- Electronic Circuits & Devices-- (-1989)
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
HETERODYNE RECEIVERS
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
MULTIPLEXERS
RADIATIONS
RADIO EQUIPMENT
RADIOWAVE RADIATION
SHORT WAVE RADIATION
WAVEGUIDES