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A Novel 5-GHz SPDT Switch Using Semiconductor Distributed Doped Areas
- Source :
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020, 30 (4), pp.421-424. ⟨10.1109/LMWC.2020.2978644⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2020.
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Abstract
- This letter presents a novel 5-GHz transmitter/ receiver (TX/RX) single-pole double-throw (SPDT) switch designed on a silicon substrate. The novelty of this SPDT switch is the possibility it offers to simultaneously design the transmission lines and the active elements, without packaging and consequently its parasitic effects and frequency limitations. The device is intended to be easily integrated into a system with a more complex function, e.g., with amplifiers and antennas. The codesign method offers great flexibility in the positioning and sizing of the active elements, i.e., semiconductor distributed doped areas (ScDDAs), which are integrated n+pp+ junctions, in order to obtain the best possible performances in both aspects. A demonstrator provides proof of the concept. In RX-mode, the insertion loss (IL) is 0.9 dB with isolation (ISO) higher than 30 dB. In TX-mode, IL is 2.38 dB and ISO is higher than 43 dB.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
business.industry
Amplifier
Transmitter
Doping
020206 networking & telecommunications
02 engineering and technology
Substrate (electronics)
Condensed Matter Physics
Electric power transmission
RF switch
Semiconductor
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Optoelectronics
Insertion loss
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
[SPI.NANO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics
business
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15311309 and 15581764
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020, 30 (4), pp.421-424. ⟨10.1109/LMWC.2020.2978644⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....adbe8866eeb34aebac73aeb7502df066