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Design of Absorptive Type SPST MMIC Switch for MSM of Satellite Communication  

Yom In-Bok (Global Area Wireless Technology Research Group, ETRI)
Ryu Keun-Kwan (Dept. of Electrical, Electronics & Control Engineering, Hanbat National University)
Shin Dong-Hwan (Global Area Wireless Technology Research Group, ETRI)
Lee Moon-Que (Dept. of Electronical & Computer Engineering, University of Seoul)
Oh Il-Duck (Dept. of Electrical, Electronics & Control Engineering, Hanbat National University)
Oh Seung-Hyeub (Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Chungnam National University)
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Abstract
A MMIC(Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit) switch chip using InGaAs/GaAs p-HEMT process has been designed for MSM(Microwave Switch Matrix) of satellite communication system. An absorptive type MMIC switch is adopted for good reflection coefficients performances of input and output ports at both on and off states. And, a quarter wavelength impedance transformer is realized with lumped elements of MIM capacitor and spiral inductor for 3 GHz band to reduce the chip size. This MMIC switch covers the frequency range of $3.2\~3.6\;GHz$. According to the on-wafer measurement, the fabricated MMIC switch with miniature size of $1.6\;mm{\times}1.3\;mm$ demonstrates insertion loss below 2 dB and isolation above 56.8 dB, and the performance coincides with simulation results.
Keywords
MMIC; Switch; SPST; Absorptive; MSM;
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