Monolithic integrated circuits for mm-wave instrumentation

Marsland, Robert; Madden, Chris; Weide, Daniel W. van der; Shakouri, M.S.; Bloom, D. M.

doi:10.1109/gaas.1990.175436

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“…Rodwell and his group [246] reviewed the use of NLTLs in various applications including sampling (as discussed in Section IV-A.1). Marsland et al published an overview on the use of NLTLs in instrumentation circa 1990 [247]. The use of sampling and other methods in wafer probing was reviewed by Schumacher and Strid in 1990 [245].…”

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50 years of RF and microwave sampling

Kahrs

2003

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Techn.

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Measurement of microwave and UHF signals is often done with sampling techniques. In this paper, the techniques and technology of sampling of electrical signals is reviewed from 1950 to the present. It includes both references to the open literature, as well as an extensive review of relevant patents. It also provides an overview of sampling applications and the use of computer technology to compensate and correct for errors in the sampling process.

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50 years of RF and microwave sampling

Kahrs

2003

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Techn.

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“…If we analyze the system consisting of the transmitter, the receiver, their respective reflection coefficients l?T and r R , and the sample under test (described by s-parameters Sij), then the received signal during the reference measurement has Fourier transform: H~ (w)HR(w)e-jw(ll + l~ )/c (1e -2 W i / c r T ) ( 1e-2jwlz/crR)e -2 j 4 l i + l z ) / c r T r R (4) where H T ( w ) is the Fourier transform of the transmitted pulse, H R ( w ) is the Fourier transform of the receiver's impulse response, and 11 and Z2 are the distances between the transmitter and the sample and the receiver and the sample. The received signal while measuring the device under test has a Fourier transform (9, shown at the bottom of the page: The measured transmission, the ratio of these two measurements, is (6), shown at the bottom of the pagewhich is accurate (close to ,921 ) only if r T and r R are made small.…”

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“…The mm-wave measurement system reported here [3] radiates and detects picosecond pulses and obtains frequency information through Fourier transformation. The system uses solid-state monolithic devices, a nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) for pulse generation and a sampling circuit for signal detection [3]- [6]. The NLTL-based system is much more compact than laser systems, and has a frequency resolution determined by the phase noise and frequency resolution of the microwave drive sources employed.…”

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A broadband free-space millimeter-wave vector transmission measurement system

Konishi

Kamegawa

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IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Techn.

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We report both broadband monolithic transmitter and receiver IC's for mm-wave electromagnetic measurements. The IC's use a nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) and a sampling circuit as a picosecond pulse generator and detector. The pulses are radiated and received by planar monolithic bowtie antennas, collimated with silicon substrate lenses and offaxis parabolic reflectors. Through Fourier transformation of the received pulse, accurate 30-250 GHz free space gain-frequency and phase-frequency measurements are demonstrated. Systems design considerations are discussed, and a variety of nun-wave broadband transmission measurements are demonstrated.

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“…A similar system is used to receive and sample the radiated signal. NLTL shock-wave generators and NLTL-gated diode sampling circuits are alternative, solid-state technologies €or generation and detection of -300 GHz-bandwidth signals [6,7]. The combination of an NLTL with an on-wafer broadband antenna provides a monolithic millimeter-wave transmitter, while connecting a similar antenna to the high-speed sampler's input forms a monolithic receiver.…”

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