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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2011.22.6.613

A GaAs MMIC Multi-Function Chip with a Digital Serial-to-Parallel Converter for an X-band Active Phased Array Radar System  

Jeong, Jin-Cheol (Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute(ETRI))
Shin, Dong-Hwan (Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute(ETRI))
Ju, In-Kwon (Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute(ETRI))
Yom, In-Bok (Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute(ETRI))
Publication Information
The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science / v.22, no.6, 2011 , pp. 613-624 More about this Journal
Abstract
An MMIC multi-function chip for an X-band active phased array radar system has been designed and fabricated using a 0.5 ${\mu}m$ GaAs p-HEMT commercial process. A digital serial-to-parallel converter is included in this chip in order to reduce the number of the control interface. The multi-function chip provides several functions: 6-bit phase shifting, 6-bit attenuation, transmit/receive switching, and signal amplification. The fabricated multi-function chip with a relative compact size of 24 $mm^2$(6 mm${\times}$4 mm) exhibits a transmit/receive gain of 24/15 dB and a P1dB of 21 dBm from 8.5 GHz to 10.5 GHz. The RMS errors for the 64 states of the 6-bit phase shift and attenuation were measured to $7^{\circ}$ and 0.3 dB, respectively over the frequency.
Keywords
Multi-Function Chip(MFC); X-Band; GaAs Microwave Monolithic Integrated Chip(MMIC); Transmit/Receive(T/R) Module; Serial-to-Parallel Converter(SPC);
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