Design considerations for traveling-wave single-pole multithrow MMIC switch using fully distributed FET

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 664-671

  Mizutani, Hiroshi ^a,b   Iwata, Naotaka ^a,b   Takayama, Yoichiro ^a,c   Honjo, Kazuhiko ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed FET; Millimeter wave; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Single pole double throw (SPDT) switch; Traveling wave

Indexed keywords

GROUP DELAYS; INSERTION LOSS; SINGLE POLE DOUBLE THROW (SPDT); TRAVELING WAVE SWITCHES (TWSW);

BANDWIDTH; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; TRAVELING WAVE ANTENNAS;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 34147162259     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.892801     Document Type: Article

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