ICs for 100 Gbit/s Data Transmission Koichi Murata, Takatomo Enoki, Hirohiko Sugahara, and Masami Tokumitsu NTT Photonics Laboratories, NTT Corporation 3-1 Morinosato Wakamiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa, 243-0198 Japan Phone: +81 46 240 2871, Fax: +81 46 240 2872, e-mail: murata-aecl.ntt.co.jp Abstract -- Research and development of InP-based transistors and integrated circuits (ICs) are driven by applicat

35-45 GHz Image Rejection Star Mixer for Upand Down Conversion B. Lefebvre and A. Bessemoulin, Member, IEEE United Monolithic Semiconductors S.A.S ­ Telecommunication Product Line Route Départementale 128 ­ BP46, F-91401 Orsay Cedex, France email: Benoit.Lefebvre-ums-gaas.com ­ Ph. (+33) 1 69 33 03 37 ­ Fax. (+33) 1 69 33 05 52 Abstract -- For LMDS and MVDS systems, a compact Image Rejection Star

A Novel 20 to 40 GHz Monolithic InGaP/GaAs HBT Double Balanced Mixer Karim W. Hamed, Alois P. Freundorfer, and Yahia.M.M.Antar* Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 3N6 * Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Royal Military College, Kingston, ON, Canada, K7K 7B4 Abstract -- This paper reports on a 20 to 40 GHz monolithic dou

Low-Noise W-Band Amplifiers for Radiometer Applications Using a 70 nm Metamorphic HEMT Technology C. Schwörer, A. Tessmann, A. Leuther, H. Massler, W. Reinert and M. Schlechtweg Fraunhofer-Institute of Applied Solid State Physics Tullastrasse 72, D-79108, Germany, Phone: ++49 761 5159 486 Abstract -- W-band low-noise amplifier (LNA) MMICs have been developed using a 70 nm metamorphic HEMT (MHEMT)

36-44 GHz HPA for High Linearity Radio Systems Andreas Werthof Triquint Semiconductor GmbH, Konrad-Zuse Platz 1, 81829 Munich, Germany, Phone +49 (0)89 99628 2643, Fax +49 (0)89 99628 2699, email awerthof-tqs.com Abstract -- A 36-44 GHz HPA was developed for radio applications with complex modulation schemes which require high linearity. The 3-stage HPA achieves a gain of 17 dB and a P-1dB output

W-band Metamorphic Low Noise and Power Amplifiers C. S. Whelan, K. Herrick, R. E. Leoni III, P. F. Marsh, Y. Zhang, S. Lardizabal W. E. Hoke, S. Lichwala, J. Kotce, P. Balas, T. E. Kazior and D. Laighton Raytheon RF Components 362 Lowell St. Andover, MA 01810, cwhelan-raytheon.com Abstract - Low noise metamorphic amplifiers fabricated on our 4" manufacturing line demonstrate 3.5 dB noise figure a

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Global modeling approach to the design of an MMIC amplifier using Ohmic Electrode-Sharing Technology G.Collodi1, A.Cidronali 1 C.Toccafondi 1, A.Santarelli 2, G.Vannini 3 1 University of Firenze, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Via S. Marta 3, 50139 Firenze, Italy, Phone +390554796369 2 University of Bologna, DEIS, V.le Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy 3 University of Ferrara, Dept. of Engin

VCO Behavioral Model Based on the Nonlinear-Discrete Convolution Approach Rafael Cignani1, Alberto Costantini2, Giorgio Vannini1 2 Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, 44100 Ferrara, ITALY Department of Electronics, University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, ITALY rcignani-ing.unife.it, acostantini-deis.unibo.it, gvannini-ing.unife.it 1 Abstract -- A

G.Leuzzi, F. Di Paolo: Bifurcation Synthesis by means of Harmonic Balance and Conversion Matrix. EuMW 2003 ­ GAAS, session G13 ­ 6,7 October Bifurcation Synthesis by means of Harmonic Balance and Conversion Matrix GIORGIO LEUZZI, MEMBER, IEEE, AND FRANCO DI PAOLO, MEMBER, IEEE Abstract- In this paper a new bifurcation synthesis procedure is described. Its foundations are built on an extension of