Multifunction MMIC for millimeter wave mobile communications

Jorge Paulo Alves Torres; Maria Joao Rosario; Joao Jose Costa Freire

doi:10.1117/12.262766

18 December 1996 Multifunction MMIC for millimeter wave mobile communications

Jorge Paulo Alves Torres, Maria Joao Rosario, Joao Jose Costa Freire

Proceedings Volume 2842, Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves and Applications III; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.262766
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

In this paper the design of a multifunction MMIC for millimeter wave mobile communication systems is presented. The MMIC is a single balanced mixer that can work as both up and down converter between C and V band and as a BPSK modulator. A step by step design technique is described, based on harmonic balance simulations. The mixer devices are Schottky diodes, and all the components are integrated in a MMIC chip using GaAs MESFET technology. The mixers were optimized to have a similar performance as both up or down converter, between C and V bands and a bandwidth greater than 4 GHz. The experiments show, for both applications a minimum conversion loss in the range of 6 to 8 dB and a -3dB bandwidth larger than 7 GHz.

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Jorge Paulo Alves Torres, Maria Joao Rosario, and Joao Jose Costa Freire "Multifunction MMIC for millimeter wave mobile communications", Proc. SPIE 2842, Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves and Applications III, (18 December 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.262766

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