Published January 28, 2014
| Version v1
Journal article
Millimeter-Wave Miniaturized Couplers Integrated on BiCMOS Technology
- Others:
- UMR 5805 Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux (EPOC) ; Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU) ; Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) ; Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Laboratoire d'Electronique, Antennes et Télécommunications (LEAT) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)
- STMicroelectronics [Crolles] (ST-CROLLES)
- STMicroelectronics
- CREMANT
Description
In this article, we present a new wideband hybrid coupler for millimeter‐wave applications realized in the BiCMOS9MW 130‐nm process from STMicroelectronics. The fabrication of two slightly different couplers demonstrates the wideband performance associated with miniaturized size, thanks to the use of meandered transmission lines and lumped capacitors. The best coupler provides a −10‐dB matching bandwidth of 42% with an insertion loss of 0.6 dB and a phase shift of 88° at 60 GHz. The amplitude imbalance and the phase imbalance stay, respectively, within ±1 dB and ±5° over 27 and 36%. These state‐of‐the‐art results are compared to recently published results obtained with comparable hybrid couplers
Abstract
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Additional details
- URL
- https://hal.science/hal-01083778
- URN
- urn:oai:HAL:hal-01083778v1
- Origin repository
- UNICA