一种紧凑型毫米波GaN单刀单掷开关设计

    Design of a Compact Millimeter-wave GaN Single-pole Single-throw Switch

    • 摘要: 传统的毫米波开关集成电路将晶体管视为串联或并联架构中的通断单元,但在匹配过程中采用的四分之一波长线会增加开关电路的损耗和面积,增加加工成本,并降低射频前端的发射通道损耗。文中针对开关电路的基本单元提出了一种基于滤波结构的单刀单掷开关设计方法。通过分析晶体管的等效寄生参数,把导通状态时等效为高通结构的滤波器,降低高频时的电路损耗;把关断状态时等效为带阻结构的滤波器,通过串联并联谐振实现关断状态下的信号隔离。利用该方法在0.1 μm GaN工艺上设计并实现了一款应用于毫米波频段的单刀单掷开关,整体芯片面积为0.75 mm×0.75 mm。测试结果表明,在24 GHz~30 GHz的工作频带内,导通状态损耗小于1.2 dB,关断状态隔离度大于16 dB,输入输出回波损耗均大于-12 dB。

       

      Abstract: Traditional millimeter-wave switching integrated circuits regard transistors as on-off units in series or parallel architecture, but the quarter wavelength lines used in the matching process will increase the loss and area of the switching circuit, increase the processing cost, and reduce the loss of the RF front-end transmission channel. This paper proposes a single-knife single-throw switch design method based on the basic unit of switching circuit. By analyzing the equivalent parasitic parameters of the transistor, the conduction state is high pass filter to reduce the circuit loss at high frequency and the off state is series parallel resonance to realize the signal isolation in the off state. Using this method to design and realize a single knife throw switch applied to the millimeter wave frequency band on the 0.1 μm GaN process, and the overall chip area is 0.75 mm×0.75 mm. The test results show that in the working band of 24 GHz ~30 GHz, the on state loss is less than 1.2 dB, the off state isolation is greater than 16 dB, and the input and output echo loss is greater than-12 dB.

       

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