Broadband InGaAs PIN Traveling-Wave Switch Using a BCB-Based Thin-Film Microstrip Line Structure

被引:10
作者
Yang, Jung Gil [1 ]
Yang, Kyounghoon [1 ]
机构
[1] Korea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Sch Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Taejon 305701, South Korea
关键词
Benzocyclubutene (BCB); InGaAs; PIN diode; single-pole double-throw (SPDT); switch; traveling wave; FET;
D O I
10.1109/LMWC.2009.2029745
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This letter describes the design and fabrication of a broadband InGaAs PIN traveling wave switch. A new thin-film microstrip line structure integrated with InGaAs PIN diodes has been used to enhance the switch performance at higher frequencies. The developed InGaAs PIN switch has an insertion loss of less than 3.2 dB and an isolation of greater than 40 dB in a broadband frequency range from 25 to 95 GHz. The BCB-based multilayer technology effectively reduces the chip size of the fabricated SPDT MMIC switch to 1.05 x 0.58 mm(2). To our knowledge, this is the first InGaAs PIN traveling-wave switch demonstrated up to 95 GHz.
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