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Study on Equivalent Circuit and Bandwidth of Short Wavelength Thin-film Transmission Line Employing ML/CPW composite structure for Miniaturization of wireless Communication System on RFIC

실리콘 RFIC 상에서 무선 통신 시스템의 소형화를 위한 마이크로스트립/코프레너 복합구조를 가지는 박막필름 전송선로의 등가회로 및 대역폭에 관한 연구

  • Son, Ki-Jun (Department of Radio Communication Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University) ;
  • Jeong, Jang-Hyeon (Department of Radio Communication Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Il (Department of Radio Communication Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University) ;
  • Yun, Young (Department of Radio Communication Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
  • Received : 2013.10.24
  • Accepted : 2014.03.10
  • Published : 2015.01.31
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Abstract

In this paper, we study the RF characteristics of the short wavelength thin-film transmission line employing microstrip line (ML)/coplanar waveguide (CPW) composite structure on silicon substrate for application to RFIC (radio frequency integrated circuit). The thin-film transmission line employing ML/CPW composite structure showed a wavelength shorter than conventional transmission lines. Concretely, at 10 GHz, the wavelength of the transmission line employing ML/CPW composite structure was 6.26 mm, which was 60.5 % of the conventional coplanar waveguide. We also extracted the bandwidth characteristic of the transmission line employing ML/CPW composite structure using equivalent circuit analysis. The S parameter of the equivalent circuit showed a good agreement with measured result. According to the bandwidth extraction result, the cut-off frequency of thin-film transmission line employing ML/CPW composite structure was 377 GHz. Above results indicate that the transmission line employing ML/CPW composite structure can be effectively used for application to broadband and compact RFIC.

본 논문에서는 실리콘 RFIC 상에서 무선 통신 시스템의 소형화에의 응용을 위하여 마이크로스트립/코프레너 복합구조를 가지는 단파장 박막필름 전송선로의 RF특성에 관하여 연구하였다. 마이크로스트립/코프레너 복합구조를 가지는 박막필름 전송선로의 파장은 종래의 코프레너 선로에 비하여 단파장특성을 보여주고 있으며, 특히 10 GHz에서 파장이 6.26 mm로 종래의 코프레너 선로의 60.5 %이다. 또한 본 논문에서는 마이크로스트립/코프레너 복합구조를 가지는 박막필름 전송선로의 등가회로와 대역폭에 관하여 연구를 진행하였다. 등가회로는 단위 셀로 나타냈으며, 상기 등가회로의 각 소자들은 closed-form 수식을 통하여 이론적으로 계산하였다. 측정 결과 0 ~ 30 GHz 범위에서 계산수치와 측정수치가 유사하게 나온 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. 대역폭 계산결과 마이크로스트립/코프레너 복합구조를 가지는 박막필름 전송선로는 차단주파수가 377 GHz 이상의 광대역 특성을 보여주고 있다. 상기 결과들로부터 본 논문에서 제안한 전송선로를 이용하여 광대역 및 초소형 RF 수동소자로써 유용하게 사용될 수 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

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