TY - GEN
T1 - A frequency agile switched delay line slow-wave BiCMOS filter
AU - Bhana, Vishal
AU - Stander, Tinus
AU - Sinha, Saurabh
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A mm-wave BiCMOS back-end metallization switched delay line frequency agile filter is presented. Miniaturization of the delay lines is achieved by using slow-wave propagation modes on shielded CPWs, with a standard BiCMOS process transistors used as on-chip switching elements. A first-order filter is presented, with simulation results indicating one transmission band at 40.4 GHz of 22.8 % relative bandwidth and insertion loss of -12.25 dB, with the other transmission band at 47.55 GHz with a 23.79 % relative bandwidth and insertion loss of -13.66 dB. Both bands feature below -15 dB input reflection loss. The paper further establishes the potential for shielded CPW transmission lines for the design of complex passive devices on the back-end metallization of various semiconductor technologies.
AB - A mm-wave BiCMOS back-end metallization switched delay line frequency agile filter is presented. Miniaturization of the delay lines is achieved by using slow-wave propagation modes on shielded CPWs, with a standard BiCMOS process transistors used as on-chip switching elements. A first-order filter is presented, with simulation results indicating one transmission band at 40.4 GHz of 22.8 % relative bandwidth and insertion loss of -12.25 dB, with the other transmission band at 47.55 GHz with a 23.79 % relative bandwidth and insertion loss of -13.66 dB. Both bands feature below -15 dB input reflection loss. The paper further establishes the potential for shielded CPW transmission lines for the design of complex passive devices on the back-end metallization of various semiconductor technologies.
KW - BiCMOS integrated circuits
KW - Silicon on insulator technology
KW - integrated circuit modeling
KW - microstrip filters
KW - millimeter wave integrated circuits
KW - passive circuits
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84888359849&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/RadioElek.2013.6530887
DO - 10.1109/RadioElek.2013.6530887
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84888359849
SN - 9781467355162
T3 - Proceedings of 23rd International Conference, RADIOELEKTRONIKA 2013
SP - 45
EP - 49
BT - Proceedings of 23rd International Conference, RADIOELEKTRONIKA 2013
T2 - 23rd International Conference, RADIOELEKTRONIKA 2013
Y2 - 16 April 2013 through 17 April 2013
ER -