Mm-Wave Phase Shifters and Switches

Mm-Wave Phase Shifters and Switches
Author: Ehsan Adabi Firouzjaei
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2010
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The ever increasing speed of transistors in mainstream silicon-based technologies made the mm-wave domain open to consumer electronic applications. Solutions that previously had to be implemented in advanced compound (III-V) technologies and were limited to high-end systems due to cost purposes, are now entering the market of low-cost consumer electronic products. Emerging mm-wave market contains various applications from extremely high data rate transceivers in Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) devices to automotive radar modules and to point to point links for replacing the fiber connectivity in sparse areas. Chapter one highlights the specific requirements of each application that makes it more compatible with a certain type of technology. To have a complete mm-wave system suitable for low cost applications, a single chip or a single package solution is preferred. To achieve this goal integrated low loss transmit / receive switching structures that are highly linear should be employed. A miniature transformer-based shunt T/R switch is introduced and implemented in a standard 90nm CMOS technology. Design equations and trade-offs for such a structure are described in this thesis. Due to a much higher free space path loss of a 60GHz signal compared to its low frequency counterparts (30dB higher loss than WiFi), and lower performances extractable from devices at these high frequencies, phased antenna array structures should be exploited to add passive antenna gains to the transceiver and help meet the link budget requirement. Fundamentals of phased antenna array structures are described and two different implementations, one through true time delay elements and the other one employing phase shifters are presented. For wideband applications and for very large arrays intended to have a wide field of view, true time delay elements should be employed to steer the array pointing beam. This work investigates true time delay elements, and an inductance tuning technique is introduced which enhances the delay tunability of a synthesized transmission line while keeping its characteristic impedance constant. In most mm-wave applications, delay cells in antenna array structures can be approximated and replaced with phase shifters. Hence different types of phase shifters are studied and an active I-Q interpolating phase shifter in the RF-path is designed and implemented at 60GHz.

Handbook of RF, Microwave, and Millimeter-wave Components

Handbook of RF, Microwave, and Millimeter-wave Components
Author: Leonid A. Belov
Publisher: Artech House
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2012
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1608072096

This unique and comprehensive resource offers you a detailed treatment of the operations principles, key parameters, and specific characteristics of active and passive RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave components. The book covers both linear and nonlinear components that are used in a wide range of application areas, from communications and information sciences, to avionics, space, and military engineering. This practical book presents descriptions and clear examples and of the best materials and products used in the field, including laminates, prepregs, substrates; microstrip, coaxial and waveguide transmission lines; fixed and rotating connectors; matching and adjusting elements; frequency filters; phase shifters; and ferrite gates and circulators. Moreover, the book offers you in-depth discussions on microwave switches and matrices, including MEMS technology, solid state and vacuum amplifiers, mixers, modulators and demodulators, and oscillation sources. You also find coverage of the stable frequency synthesizer structure and sources of modulated or noisy signals. Greatly adding to the usefulness of this volume is the inclusion of more than 700 Internet addresses of manufacturers from across the globe.

Microwave and Millimeter Wave Phase Shifters: Semiconductor and delay line phase sifters

Microwave and Millimeter Wave Phase Shifters: Semiconductor and delay line phase sifters
Author: Shiban K. Koul
Publisher: Artech House on Demand
Total Pages: 664
Release: 1991
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780890065853

This second volume of Microwave and Millimeter Wave Phase Shifters concentrates on semiconductor and delay-line phase shifters. It explains why various types of phase shifters hold potential for future phased arrays. Systematically organized and with practical design examples, the text enumerates broad criteria for the selection of all types of phase shifters for the reader's systems applications.

Low Loss Rf/mm-wave Mems Phase Shifters

Low Loss Rf/mm-wave Mems Phase Shifters
Author: Balaji Lakshminarayanan
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2005
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ABSTRACT: A true time delay multi-bit MEMS phase shifter topology based on impedance-matched slow-wave CPW sections on a 500 m thick quartz substrate is presented. Design equations based on the approximate model for a distributed line is derived and used in optimization of the unit cell parameters. A semi-lumped model for the unit cell is derived and its equivalent circuit parameters are extracted from measurement and EM simulation data. This unit cell model can be cascaded to accurately predict N-section phase shifter performance. Experimental data for a 4.6mm long 4-bit device shows a maximum phase error of 5; and S11 less than -21dB from 1-50GHz. A reconfigurable MEMS transmission line based on cascaded capacitors and slow-wave sections has been developed to provide independent Zo - and -tuning. In the Zo-mode of operation, a 7.4mm long line provides Zo-tuning from 52 to 4 (+/-2;) with constant phase between the states through 50GHz.

Radio Frequency Micromachined Switches, Switching Networks, and Phase Shifters

Radio Frequency Micromachined Switches, Switching Networks, and Phase Shifters
Author: Shiban Kishen Koul
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019-05-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351021338

Radio Frequency Micromachined Switches, Switching Networks, and Phase Shifters discusses radio frequency microelectromechanical systems (RF MEMS)-based control components and will be useful for researchers and R&D engineers. It offers an in-depth study, performance analysis, and extensive characterization on micromachined switches and phase shifters. The reader will learn about basic design methodology and techniques to carry out extensive measurements on MEMS switches and phase shifters which include electrical, mechanical, power handling, linearity, temperature stability, reliability, and radio frequency performance. Practical examples included in the book will help readers to build high performance systems/subsystems using micromachined circuits. Key Features Provides simple design methodology of MEMS switches and switching networks including SPST to SP16T switches Gives an in-depth performance study of micromachined phase shifters. Detailed study on reliability and power handling capability of RF MEMS switches and phase shifters presented Proposes reconfigurable micromachined phase shifters Verifies a variety of MEMS switches and phase shifters experimentally

mm-Wave Silicon Power Amplifiers and Transmitters

mm-Wave Silicon Power Amplifiers and Transmitters
Author: Hossein Hashemi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2016-04-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1107055865

Build high-performance, energy-efficient circuits with this cutting-edge guide to designing, modeling, analysing, implementing and testing new mm-wave systems.

Advanced Millimeter-wave Technologies

Advanced Millimeter-wave Technologies
Author: Duixian Liu
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 850
Release: 2009-03-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780470742952

This book explains one of the hottest topics in wireless and electronic devices community, namely the wireless communication at mmWave frequencies, especially at the 60 GHz ISM band. It provides the reader with knowledge and techniques for mmWave antenna design, evaluation, antenna and chip packaging. Addresses practical engineering issues such as RF material evaluation and selection, antenna and packaging requirements, manufacturing tolerances, antenna and system interconnections, and antenna One of the first books to discuss the emerging research and application areas, particularly chip packages with integrated antennas, wafer scale mmWave phased arrays and imaging Contains a good number of case studies to aid understanding Provides the antenna and packaging technologies for the latest and emerging applications with the emphases on antenna integrations for practical applications such as wireless USB, wireless video, phase array, automobile collision avoidance radar, and imaging