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100-ghz phase switch/mixer containing a slot-line transition
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Dawson Sr., Douglas Gaier, Todd Wells, Mary |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Description | A circuit that can function as a phase switch, frequency mixer, or frequency multiplier operates over a broad frequency range in the vicinity of 100 GHz. Among the most notable features of this circuit is a grounded uniplanar transition (in effect, a balun) between a slot line and one of two coplanar waveguides (CPWs). The design of this circuit is well suited to integration of the circuit into a microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) package. One CPW is located at the input end and one at the output end of the top side of a substrate on which the circuit is fabricated (see Figure 1). The input CPW feeds the input signal to antiparallel flip-chip Schottky diodes connected to the edges of the slot line. Phase switching is effected by the combination of (1) the abrupt transition from the input CPW to the slot line and (2) CPW ground tuning effected by switching of the bias on the diodes. Grounding of the slot metal to the bottom metal gives rise to a frequency cutoff in the slot. This cutoff is valuable for separating different frequency components when the circuit is used as a mixer or multiplier. Proceeding along the slot line toward the output end, one encounters the aforementioned transition, which couples the slot line to the output CPW. Impedance tuning of the transition is accomplished by use of a high-impedance section immediately before the transition. |
| File Size | 149375 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20090008418 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t53f9r23f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2009-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Documentation And Information Science Fabrication Integrated Circuits Circuits Frequency Multipliers Couplers Waveguides Planar Structures Impedance Frequency Ranges Switching Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
