• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제41권12호
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• pp.103-108
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 낮은 LO 입력으로 저 변환손실 특성을 갖는 MIMIC(Millimeter-wave Monolithic Integrated Circuit) V-band up-mixer를 설계 및 제작하였다. Up-mixer는 0.1 ㎛ GaAs PHEMT와 coplanar waveguide (CPW) 전송라인을 사용하여 제작되었다. Up-mixer는 60.4 GHz의 RF 주파수, 2.4 GHz의 IF 주파수와 58 GHz의 LO 주파수에서 동작되도록 설계되었다. Up-mixer는 표준 MIMIC공정을 사용하여 제작되었으며 칩 크기는 2.3 mmxl.6 mm이다. 제작된 up-mixer의 측정결과 입력신호가 -10.25 dBm 이고 LO의 입력 전력이 5.4 dBm 일 때 1.25 dB의 양호한 변환손실 특성을 얻었다. 58 GHz에서 LO 와 RF의 격리특성은 -13.2 dB를 나타내었다. 제작된 V-band up-mixer는 기존에 발표된 밀리미터파 up-mixer에 비하여 낮은 LO 입력 전력과 양호한 변환손실 특성을 나타내었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제41권12호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 0.1 $\mum$ InGaAs/InAlAs/GaAs Metamorphic HEMT (High Electron Mobility Transistor)를 이용하여 DC~45 GHz 대역의 광대역 MIMIC(Millimeter-wave Monolithic Integrated Circuit) 분산 증폭기를 설계 및 제작하였다. MIMIC 증폭기의 제작을 위해 Metamorphic HEMT(MHEMT)를 설계 및 제작하였으며, 제작된 MHEMT는 드레인 전류 밀도 442 mA/mm, 최대 전달컨덕턴스(Gm)는 409 mS/mm를 얻었다. RF 특성으로 fT는 140 GHz fmax는 447 GHz의 양호한 성능을 나타내었다. 광대역 MIMIC 분산 증폭기의 설계를 위해 MHEMT의 소신호 모델과 CPW 라이브러리를 구축하였으며, 이를 이용하여 MIMIC 분산 증폭기를 설계하였다. 설계된 분산 증폭기는 본 연구에서 개발된 MHEMT MIMIC 공정을 이용하여 제작하였으며, MIMIC 분산 증폭기의 측정결과, DC ~ 45 GHz대역에서 6 dB 이상의 S21 이득을 얻었으며, 입력반사 계수는 45 GHz에서 -10 dB, 출력반사계수는 -7 dB의 특성을 나타내었다. 제작된 분산 증폭기의 칩 크기는 2.0 mm$\times$l.2 mm다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2008년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.411-412
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• 2008

The high performance 94 GHz MMIC(Monolithic Micro-wave Integrated Circuit) single balanced mixer was designed and fabricated, using MHEMT structure based diodes and a CPW(Coplanar Waveguide) tandem coupler. A novel single-balanced structure of diode mixer is proposed in this work, where a 3-dB tandem coupler with two section of parallel-coupled line. Implemented air-bridge crossover structures achieve wide frequency operation and the fabricated mixer exhibits excellent LO-RF isolation, larger than 30 dB, in the 5 GHz bandwidth of 91-96 GHz. A good conversion loss of 7.4 dB is measured at 94 GHz. The proposed MHEMT-based diode mixer shows superior LO-RF isolation and conversion loss to those of the W-band mixers reported to date.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2006년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.491-492
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• 2006

The MMIC (Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuit) self oscillating double conversion mixer was designed and fabricated for the V-band transmitter applications. The MMIC self oscillating double conversion mixer which dose not need external local oscillator was designed using GaAs PHEMT technology. The first self oscillating mixer use PHEMT technology. The first self oscillating mixer use PHEMT for $f_{LO}$ signal generation and $f_{IF}$ signal is applied at gate port and $f_{RF1}$ signal is generated at a drain port of first stage. The second gate mixer use PHEMT for $f_{LO}$ signal and $f_{RF1}$ signal is applied at gate port and $f_{RF2}$ signal is output at a drain port of second stage.

• 한국전자파학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전자파학회 2002년도 종합학술발표회 논문집 Vol.12 No.1
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• pp.25-28
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• 2002

In this paper, a micromachined millimeter-wave end-gap band-pass filter (BPF) is presented. The millimeter-wave BPF is designed using 3D design software, Zeland IE3D with the center frequency of 60 GHz, band width of 3 GHz, ripple of 1㏈ and insertion loss of 2.5dB. This type of micromachined BPF can be used in millimeter-wave circuit.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2004년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(2)
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• pp.335-338
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• 2004

We suggest Q-band MEMS MIMIC (Millimeter wave Monolithic Integrated Circuit) HEMT Oscillator using DAML (Dielectric-supported Airgapped Mcrostrip Line) structure. We elevated the signal lines from the substrate using dielectric post, in order to reduce the substrate dielectric loss and obtain low losses at millimeter-wave frequency. These DAML are composed with heist of $10\;{\mu}m$ and post size with $20\;{\mu}m\;{\times}\;20\;{\mu}m$. The MEMS oscillator was successfully integrated by the process of $0.1\;{\mu}m$ GaAs PHEMTs, CPW transmission line and DAML. The phase noise characteristic of the MEMS oscillator was improved more than 7.5 dBc/Hz at a 1 MHz offset frequency than that of the CPW oscillator And the high output power of 7.5 dBm was measured at 34.4 GHz.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2002년도 ITC-CSCC -2
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• pp.1137-1140
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• 2002

A V-band low-noise amplifiers (LNA) based on the Millimeter-wave monolithic integrated circuit (MIMIC) technology were fabricated using high performance 0.1 $\mu\textrm{m}$ $\Gamma$-shaped pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistors (PHEMT＇s), coplanar waveguide (CPW) structures and the integrated process for passive and active devices. The low-noise designs resulted in a two-stage MIMIC LNA with a high S$\sub$21/ gain of 14.9 dB and a good matching at 60 ㎓. 20 dBm of IP3 and 3.9 dB of minimum noise figure were also obtained from the LNA. The 2-stage LNA was designed in a chip size of 2.3 ${\times}$1.4 mm$^2$by using 70 $\mu\textrm{m}$ ${\times}$2 PHEMT’s. These results demonstrate that a good low-noise performance and simultaneously with a high gain performance is achievable with GaAs PHEMT's in the 60 ㎓ band.

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2018

One of the most remarkable aspects of the recently completed 3GPP release-15 (5G new radio phase 1) is the fact that some millimeter-wave bands have been officially approved for 5G mobile communications. Because the demand for higher transmission capacity has only grown, other millimeter-wave or even higher-frequency terahertz-wave bands have attracted more attention over time. Based on this effort, this paper reviews and discusses the existing technologies and their trends in high-frequency circuits and systems at the millimeter and terahertz-wave bands, particularly for future mobile communications.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.295-301
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• 2008

Recently, the demand on mm-wave (millimeter-wave) applications has increased dramatically. While circuits operating in the mm-wave frequency band have been traditionally implemented in III-V or SiGe technologies, recent advances in Si MOSFET operation speed enabled mm-wave circuits realized in a Si CMOS technology. In this work, a 58 GHz CMOS LC cross-coupled VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) was fabricated in a $0.13-{\mu}m$ Si RF CMOS technology. In the course of the circuit design, active device models were modified for improved accuracy in the mm-wave range and EM (electromagnetic) simulation was heavily employed for passive device performance predicttion and interconnection parasitic extraction. The measured operating frequency ranged from 56.5 to 58.5 GHz with a tuning voltage swept from 0 to 2.3 V. The minimum phase noise of -96 dBc/Hz at 5 MHz offset was achieved. The output power varied around -20 dBm over the measured tuning range. The circuit drew current (including buffer current) of 10 mA from 1.5 V supply voltage. The FOM (Figure-Of-Merit) was estimated to be -165.5 dBc/Hz.

• 한국전자파학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전자파학회 2000년도 종합학술발표회 논문집 Vol.10 No.1
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• pp.197-201
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• 2000

In this paper, a MMIC(Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit) broadband drive amplifier for wireless communication system has designed using active feedback method. The MMIC brodband amplifier was designed using 0.5$\mu\textrm{m}$ MESFET of ETRI library. Simulation results show that gain is 22 dB, and gain flatness ${\pm}$1 dB. Maximum output power 15 dBm and noise figure 2.5 dB in bandwidth 500 MHz ～3.0 GHz. The MMIC Broadband amplifer's chip area is 14mm${\times}$1.4mm.