A NLTL-Based Integrated Circuit for a 70-200 GHz VNA System O. Wohlgemuth, B. Agarwal*, R. Pullela*, D. Mensa*, Q. Lee*, J. Guthrie*, M. J. W. Rodwell*, R. Reuter, J. Braunstein, M. Schlechtweg, T. Krems, K. Kohler Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (lAF), Tullastr. 72, D-79108 Freiburg, Germany, Phone: +49 761/5159-538, Fax: +49 761/5159-565, Email: olwo-iaf.fhg.de *Departmen

HIGHLY ACCURATE ABSOLUTE GROUP DELAY MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE FOR FREQUENCYTRANSLATION DEVICES My Le Truong, Michael Knox and Joel Dunsmore Hewlett-Packard Company, Microwave Instruments Division, 1400 Fountaingrove Parkway, Santa Rosa, California 95403 ABSTRACT This paper describes an advanced absolute group delay measurement technique. It uses a mixer calibration standard and vector error correctio

Robust Nonlinear Multichannel Amplifier Characterisation Paul Sheridan, Philip Perry School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland E-mail: sheridan-eeng.dcu.ie.perryp-eeng.dcu.ie. Abstract A novel approach to the prediction of third order intermodulation distortion (IM3) in multichannel amplifiers is presented. The amplifier is viewed as a black-box nonlin

SECOND-ORDER INTERMODULA TION DISTORTION IN HETERODYNE DETECTION FIBER-OPTIC MILLIMETER- WAVE LINKS Tomohiro Akiyama, Keizo Inagaki ATR Adaptive Communications Research Laboratories, 2-2 Hikaridai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0288, Japan. aki-acr.atr.co.jp ABSTRACT We analyzed intermodulation distortion by a photodiode in heterodyne detectionoptical-fibermillimeter-wave links. As a result, w

Millimetre-wave optical harmonic mixer employing a single Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator V. Polo, J. Marti, F. Ramos, J. M. Fuster ETSI Telecomunicacion, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Camino de Vera, sin, 46071 Valencia (SPAIN) Phone: ++34-96-3877307 Fax: ++34-96-3877309 email: jmarti-dcom.upv.es ABSTRACT We investigate theoretically and experimentally a millimeter-wave optical harmo

DESIGN OF HARMONIC OSCILLATORS FOR MILLIMETER WAVE SIGNAL GENERATION IN OPTICAL SYSTEMS *TechnicalUniversityof Budapest,Dept. of MicrowaveComm.H-llll Budapest, GoldmannGyorgy-ter3, Hungary Tel.: (36)-1-463-2634,Fax: (36)-1-463-3289,e-mail: zolomy-nov.mht.bme.hu &TKI Rt., TelecommunicationsInnovationsCompany1142Budapest, Ungvar-u 64-66,Hungary .*& A . Z 0 Iomy,* V . BIro,* T . Berce 1 , G . J aro,*

INTEGRATED OPTICS ON Sll..ICON SUBSTRATE FOR MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS S. ChouteauO*, B. Cabon* and J. BousseyO *LEMO, °LPCS, ENSERG/INPG, UMR CNRS 5530/5531, 23 rue des martyrs, BP257, 38016 Grenoble Cedex, FRANCE (chouteau-enserg.fr) ABSTRACT Integrated optics on silicon substrate for use as non-perturbative control of microwave devices is described. In silica, a buried silicon nitride channel wa

STABILISATION OF MONOLITHIC MM-WAVE AMPLIFIERS USING LOSSY JUNCTIONS Adam K. Jastrzebski, Oswaldo P. Paixao University of Kent, Electronic Engineering Laboratory, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NT, England Tel./fax +44 (0)1227 823704, E-mailA.KJastrzebski-ukc.ac.uk ABSTRACT An original stabilisation method for monolithic mm-wave integrated circuit (M3IC) amplifiers has been developed, based on lossy

Integrated MM-Wave Radio Transceiver Developments Peter Duffy, Eoin O'Ciardha, Brendan Lyons, Martin Fehilly Farran Technology Ltd., Ballincollig, Co. Cork, Ireland Sverre Lidholm National Microelectronics Research Centre, Lee Maltings, Prospect Row, Cork City, Ireland ABSTRACT In this submission we describe the current status in the development of a fully integrated MMIC transceiver. The design

Q-Band Compact Driver and Power Amplifier MMICs Matched by x-type Low-Pass Filter Using Lumped.Elements Shin Chaki, Takao Ishida, Yasuharu Nakajima, Yoshinobu Sasaki, and Yasuo Mitsui High Frequency & Optical Semiconductor Div., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 4-1 Mizuhara, Itami, Hyogo, 664-8641 Japan. Tel: +81 727 84 7386, Fax: +81 727 80 2694, E-mail:chaki-oml.me1co.co.jp ABSTRACT Fully-matched