Voltage-Tunable Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuits.

Abstract

The incorporation of voltage-tunable reactive elements in microwave monolithic integrated circuits (MMICs) would increase the performance, yield, producibility, adaptability, and affordability of these devices. These improvements would be very important for both low-volume applications, (e.g., space communications) and high-volume applications, (e.g., space-based radar). The feasibility of this concept will be explored by means of the computer-aided design and simulation facilities at The Aerospace Corporation. It is anticipated that some laboratory experiments in selected tuning concepts will be conducted. Tunability would broaden the adaptability of a single design to a wider range of frequency and bandwidth applications. Yield and adaptability relate to the ability to produce chips at an affordable cost.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA193003

Entities

People

  • Malcolm Mccoll

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Classification
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Corporations
  • Electronics
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Schottky Diodes
  • Security
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Space Systems

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space