Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Microwave Integrated Circuit Designs Submitted to TriQuint Semiconductor for Fabrication (ARL Tile #2)

Abstract

High-performance microwave and radio frequency integrated circuits are of interest to the Army. Several monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) were designed to enhance the performance of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) RF integrated circuits (RFICs) used in many wireless systems. This report is a summary of the steps and documentation delivered to TriQuint for their Prototype Development Quickturn (PDQ) Option for a set of MMIC designs fabricated for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL). This is an optimized set of designs based on some previous work. In this design submission, there are 10 separate MMIC designs on the 5 x 10 mm quarter tile.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA529992

Entities

People

  • John Penn

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuits
  • Electron Mobility
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Fabrication
  • Gallium
  • Gallium Arsenides
  • High Electron Mobility Transistors
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Low Noise Amplifiers
  • Microwave Integrated Circuits
  • Microwaves
  • Military Research
  • Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits
  • Semiconductors

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  • Semiconductor Device Technology
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Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics